Phylogeny and niche conservatism in North and Central American triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), vectors of Chagas' disease.

• Main Authors: Carlos N Ibarra-Cerdeña (Author), Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón (Author), A Townsend Peterson (Author), Víctor Sánchez-Cordero (Author), Janine M Ramsey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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The niche conservatism hypothesis states that related species diverge in niche characteristics at lower rates than expected, given their lineage divergence. Here we analyze whether niche conservatism is a common pattern among vector species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) of Trypanosoma cruzi t...