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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Ecological Isolation Maintains the Species Boundaries Between Two Sympatric

Fanggui Zheng, Yiqing Wang, Huihui Xi, Siyue Xiao, Xiuyan Feng, Xun Gong, Jian Liu

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Fanggui ZhengSouthwest Forestry University Kunming China.
Yiqing WangKey Laboratory for Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
Huihui XiKey Laboratory for Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
Siyue XiaoKey Laboratory for Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
Xiuyan FengKey Laboratory for Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-0940
Xun GongKey Laboratory for Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-6935
Jian LiuKey Laboratory for Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1828-4024

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over long-term evolutionary processes, sympatric affinities may develop reproductive isolation mechanisms, such as temporal isolation and ecological divergence, to maintain species independence. However, due to lacking strict geographic isolation barriers, sympatrically distributed closely related species may experience interspecific gene flow and genetic introgression, which can blur species boundaries. Here we focus on two sympatrically distributed

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conservationCycasreproductive isolationspecies boundariessympatric distribution

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