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From: Paleoclimatic modeling and phylogeography of least killifish, Heterandria formosa: insights into Pleistocene expansion-contraction dynamics and evolutionary history of North American Coastal Plain freshwater biota

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MAXENT reconstructions of Pleistocene Last Interglaciation (LIG) and Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and present-day distributions. A) Reprojection of H. formosa ecological niche model (C) on paleoclimatic data layers representing LIG environments. B) Reprojection of H. formosa ecological niche model on colder/drier environmental conditions of the LGM, showing southward range contraction, possibly to 'microrefugia’. C) Present-day ecological niche model. Colors represent logistic ecological niche model scores and range from 0 (dark blue, indicating unsuitable subaerial areas) to 1 (100% bioclimatic suitability, thus higher predicted probability of species occurrence).

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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