The Evolution and Paleobiogeography of Flying Squirrels (Sciuridae, Pteromyini) in Response to Global Environmental Change

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	The Evolution and Paleobiogeography of Flying Squirrels (Sciuridae, Pteromyini) in Response to Global Environmental Change
	Lu, Xuefei 1,2; Ge, Deyan 1; Xia, Lin 1; Zhang, Zhaoqun 3; Li, Song 4; Yang, Qisen 1; yangqs@ioz.ac.cn
	2013-03-01
发表期刊	EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
ISSN	0071-3260
卷号	40 期号:1 页码:117-132
文章类型	Review
摘要	Flying squirrels are strictly arboreal squirrels adopting a special gliding form of locomotion. This group of animals has a long history that has mirrored the vicissitude of forests. The discrepancy in the distribution between fossils and extant species indicates a mysterious evolution history requiring further exploration. This study compiles the worldwide fossils of Pteromyini to the species level in order to reproduce the spatiotemporal distribution pattern of flying squirrels and deduce the ancestral distribution according to dispersal-vicariance analysis of a phylogeny of the extant species. In addition, we reconstruct the paleoenvironmental background and find that flying squirrels probably originated in the Oligocene-Miocene transition from Europe and immediately dispersed to Asia and North America. Influenced by glaciation, CO2 reduction, geologic movements and the Paratethys retreat, the Northern Hemisphere underwent climate deterioration and grassland expansion during the late Miocene, and thus the diversity of Pteromyini dramatically decreased. The uplift of the Tibet Plateau in addition to the strengthened Asian monsoons intensified the aridity in central Asia, but brought sufficient water to the densely forested regions of South and Southeast Asia. These forests are likely both refugia and diversification center for flying squirrels during glacial periods in the Quarternary. The subsequent connection and separation events among these heterogeneous habitats has probably been a driving force in the speciation of flying squirrels. Based on this work, we predict a bleak future for the flying squirrels, one which is closely associated with the fate of forests in Asia.
关键词	Sciuridae Pteromyini Evolution Paleobiogeography Dispersal-vicariance Analysis
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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关键词[WOS]	DISPERSAL-VICARIANCE ANALYSIS ; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; MIDDLE MIOCENE ; FOSSIL RECORD ; C-4 GRASSLANDS ; NORTH-AMERICA ; NEW-WORLD ; S-DIVA ; RODENTIA ; MAMMALIA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000315335500010
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4205
专题	古哺乳动物研究室
通讯作者	yangqs@ioz.ac.cn
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Zool, Kunming 650223, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lu, Xuefei,Ge, Deyan,Xia, Lin,et al. The Evolution and Paleobiogeography of Flying Squirrels (Sciuridae, Pteromyini) in Response to Global Environmental Change[J]. EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY,2013,40(1):117-132.
APA	Lu, Xuefei.,Ge, Deyan.,Xia, Lin.,Zhang, Zhaoqun.,Li, Song.,...&yangqs@ioz.ac.cn.(2013).The Evolution and Paleobiogeography of Flying Squirrels (Sciuridae, Pteromyini) in Response to Global Environmental Change.EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY,40(1),117-132.
MLA	Lu, Xuefei,et al."The Evolution and Paleobiogeography of Flying Squirrels (Sciuridae, Pteromyini) in Response to Global Environmental Change".EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 40.1(2013):117-132.