Time and space in biogeography: response to Parenti & Ebach (2013) |
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| Authors: | Mark de Bruyn Björn Stelbrink Timothy J Page Matthew J Phillips David J Lohman Christian Albrecht Robert Hall Kristina von Rintelen Peter KL Ng Hsi‐Te Shih Gary R Carvalho Thomas von Rintelen |
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| Institution: | 1. Environment Centre Wales, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, , Bangor, UK;2. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz‐Institut für Evolutions‐ und Biodiversit?tsforschung an der Humboldt‐Universit?t zu Berlin, , Berlin, Germany;3. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, , Nathan, QLD, Australia;4. School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, , Brisbane, QLD, Australia;5. Department of Biology, The City College of New York, The City University of New York, , New York, USA;6. Justus‐Liebig‐Universit?t Giessen, Animal Ecology and Systematics, , Giessen, Germany;7. Southeast Asia Research Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, , UK;8. Department of Biological Sciences & Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, , Singapore;9. Department of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, , Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | A recent Guest Editorial by Parenti & Ebach (2013, Journal of Biogeography, 40, 813–820) disagrees with the methods or interpretations in two of our recent papers. In addition, the authors open a debate on biogeographical concepts, and present an alternative philosophy for biogeographical research in the context of their recently described biogeographical subregion called ‘Pandora’. We disagree with their approach and conclusions, and comment on several issues related to our differing conceptual approaches for biogeographical research; namely, our use of molecular phylogenetic analyses, including time estimates; and Parenti & Ebach's reliance on taxon/general area cladograms. Finally, we re‐examine their ‘tests’ supporting the existence of ‘Pandora’. |
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| Keywords: | Biogeography cladistics dispersal diversification general area cladograms historical biogeography molecular clock Pandora philosophy of science vicariance |
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