@article{fdi:010090740,
  title = {{H}abitat opening fostered diversity : impact of dispersal and habitat-shifts in the evolutionary history of a speciose afrotropical insect group},
  author = {{H}{\'e}vin, {N}. {M}. {C}. and {G}oldstein, {P}. {Z}. and {A}duse-{P}oku, {K}. and {B}arbut, {J}. and {M}itchell, {A}. and {Z}illi, {A}. and {C}lamens, {A}. {L}. and {C}apdevielle {D}ulac, {C}laire and {W}ahlberg, {N}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo and {K}ergoat, {G}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he opening of habitats associated with the emergence of {C}4 grasslands during the {N}eogene had a massive influence on the evolution of plant and animal communities. {S}trikingly, the impacts of grassland expansion on species diversification in {A}frica, where the largest surface of grasslands and savannas in the world is located, are not well understood. {T}o explore the impact of habitat opening, we investigate the evolution of noctuid stemborers, a group of moths mostly associated with open habitats, and whose diversity is centered in the {A}frotropics. {W}e generate a dated molecular phylogeny for ca 80% of the known stemborer species, and assess the role of habitat opening on the evolutionary trajectory of the group through a combination of parametric historical biogeography, ancestral character state estimation, life history traits and habitat-dependent diversification analyses. {O}ur results support an origin of stemborers in {S}outhern and {E}ast {A}frica ca 20 million years ago ({M}a), with range expansions linked to the increased availability of open habitats to act as dispersal corridors, and closed habitats acting as potent barriers to dispersal. {E}arly specialization on open habitats was maintained over time, with shifts towards closed habitats being rare and invariably unidirectional. {A}nalyses of life history traits showed that habitat changes involved specific features likely associated with grassland adaptations, such as variations in larval behavior and color. {W}e compare these findings to those previously inferred for an {A}frotropical butterfly group that diversified roughly in parallel with the stemborers but distributed predominantly in closed habitats. {R}emarkably, these two groups show nearly opposite responses in relation to habitat specialization, whether in terms of biogeographical patterns, or in terms of rates of transition between open and closed habitats. {W}e conclude that habitat opening played a major role in the evolutionary history of {A}frotropical lineages through dispersal and adaptation linked to habitat shifts.},
  keywords = {{A}frotropics ; climate refugia ; historical biogeography ; paleoenvironments ; rainforests ; savannas ; {AFRIQUE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cography},
  volume = {2024},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {e07258 [15 ]},
  ISSN = {0906-7590},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1111/ecog.07258},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090740},
}