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| The '''Greater Antilles + Aves Ridge''',<ref name="Ali1">{{cite journal|first=Jason R.|last=Ali|title=Colonizing the Caribbean: is the GAARlandialand-bridge hypothesis gaining a foothold?|journal=Journal of Biogeography|volume=39|issue=3|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02674.x|year=2012|pages=431–433|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230451240}}</ref> commonly known as '''GAARlandia''', is a ] ] which is proposed to have connected the ] to ] around 33 million years ago (mya). Animal and plant species are thought to have ] the ] through ] and ], and the most prominent vicariance hypothesis involves colonization via GAARlandia. Proponents of the hypothesis cite studies of individual ], while critics point to a lack of ] evidence. | The '''Greater Antilles + Aves Ridge''',<ref name="Ali1">{{cite journal|first=Jason R.|last=Ali|title=Colonizing the Caribbean: is the GAARlandialand-bridge hypothesis gaining a foothold?|journal=Journal of Biogeography|volume=39|issue=3|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02674.x|year=2012|pages=431–433|bibcode=2012JBiog..39..431A |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230451240}}</ref> commonly known as '''GAARlandia''', is a ] ] which is proposed to have connected the ] to ] around 33 million years ago (mya). Animal and plant species are thought to have ] the ] through ] and ], and the most prominent vicariance hypothesis involves colonization via GAARlandia. Proponents of the hypothesis cite studies of individual ], while critics point to a lack of ] evidence. | ||
| ==Hypothesis== | ==Hypothesis== | ||
| The GAARlandia hypothesis was introduced by ] and ] in 1994. It states that the ] and ]s compressed the ] for 2 million years during the ] (33 millions years ago), which led the presently-submerged ] in the eastern ] to rise and connect South America with ] via an unbroken land bridge; Puerto Rico is posited to have been further connected via dry land to ], ] and eastern ]. During this period the ] expanded on ], causing the global ] to drop.<ref name="Ali"/> MacPhee and Iturralde-Vinent proposed that the ancestors of the non-flying land ] that inhabit, or used to inhabit, the Greater Antilles arrived from South America by walking along this bridge rather than through ].<ref name="Ali1"/><ref name="Ali">{{cite journal|first1=Jason R.|last1=Ali|first2=S. Blair|last2=Hedges|title=Colonizing the Caribbean: New geological data and an updated land-vertebrate colonization record challenge the GAARlandia land-bridge hypothesis|journal=Journal of Biogeography|volume=48|issue=11|doi=10.1111/jbi.14234|date= 17 August 2021|pages=2699–2707|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.14234}}</ref> | The GAARlandia hypothesis was introduced by ] and ] in 1994. It states that the ] and ]s compressed the ] for 2 million years during the ] (33 millions years ago), which led the presently-submerged ] in the eastern ] to rise and connect South America with ] via an unbroken land bridge; Puerto Rico is posited to have been further connected via dry land to ], ] and eastern ]. During this period the ] expanded on ], causing the global ] to drop.<ref name="Ali"/> MacPhee and Iturralde-Vinent proposed that the ancestors of the non-flying land ] that inhabit, or used to inhabit, the Greater Antilles arrived from South America by walking along this bridge rather than through ].<ref name="Ali1"/><ref name="Ali">{{cite journal|first1=Jason R.|last1=Ali|first2=S. Blair|last2=Hedges|title=Colonizing the Caribbean: New geological data and an updated land-vertebrate colonization record challenge the GAARlandia land-bridge hypothesis|journal=Journal of Biogeography|volume=48|issue=11|doi=10.1111/jbi.14234|date= 17 August 2021|pages=2699–2707|bibcode=2021JBiog..48.2699A |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.14234}}</ref> | ||
| ==Debate== | ==Debate== | ||
| The GAARlandia hypothesis is ] in the ].<ref name="Ali1"/> It has been supported by studies of individual ], but simultaneous colonization by multiple lineages is yet to be proven.<ref name="Tong">{{cite journal|first1=Yanfeng|last1=Tong|first2=Greta|last2=Binford|first3=Cristina A.|last3=Rheims|first4=Matjaž|last4=Kuntner|first5=Jie|last5=Liu|first6=Ingi|last6=Agnarsson|title=Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=130|number=|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.017|date=January 2019|pages=259–268|doi-access=free|pmid=30326288 }}</ref> Alonso et al. (2011) firmly argued in favor of the hypothesis: they found in their ] research that the ] of the ] of the genus '']'', which do not tolerate saltwater, arrived on the Greater Antilles 33 million years ago–exactly when GAARlandia is supposed to have connected the present-day islands to South America.<ref name="Ali1"/> Other ] found to have arrived at the time GAARlandia is said to have existed include ], '']'' and '']'' frogs, butterflies, ] wasps, spiders with limited dispersal ability, extinct ] and ] sloths, multiple bat groups, and ] rodents.<ref name="Weaver"/> | The GAARlandia hypothesis is ] in the ].<ref name="Ali1"/> It has been supported by studies of individual ], but simultaneous colonization by multiple lineages is yet to be proven.<ref name="Tong">{{cite journal|first1=Yanfeng|last1=Tong|first2=Greta|last2=Binford|first3=Cristina A.|last3=Rheims|first4=Matjaž|last4=Kuntner|first5=Jie|last5=Liu|first6=Ingi|last6=Agnarsson|title=Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=130|number=|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.017|date=January 2019|pages=259–268|doi-access=free|pmid=30326288 |bibcode=2019MolPE.130..259T }}</ref> Alonso et al. (2011) firmly argued in favor of the hypothesis: they found in their ] research that the ] of the ] of the genus '']'', which do not tolerate saltwater, arrived on the Greater Antilles 33 million years ago–exactly when GAARlandia is supposed to have connected the present-day islands to South America.<ref name="Ali1"/> Other ] found to have arrived at the time GAARlandia is said to have existed include ], '']'' and '']'' frogs, butterflies, ] wasps, spiders with limited dispersal ability, extinct ] and ] sloths, multiple bat groups, and ] rodents.<ref name="Weaver"/> | ||
| Ali & Hedges (2021) have found "weak and non-existent" support for GAARlandia, respectively, in the colonization record of land vertebrates and the ] and ] data.<ref name="Ali"/> They conclude that oceanic dispersal is "the best available explanation" for the origin of all Greater Antillean species, including plants and ]s.<ref name="Ali"/> | Ali & Hedges (2021) have found "weak and non-existent" support for GAARlandia, respectively, in the colonization record of land vertebrates and the ] and ] data.<ref name="Ali"/> They conclude that oceanic dispersal is "the best available explanation" for the origin of all Greater Antillean species, including plants and ]s.<ref name="Ali"/> | ||
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The Greater Antilles + Aves Ridge, commonly known as GAARlandia, is a hypothesized land bridge which is proposed to have connected the Greater Antilles to South America around 33 million years ago (mya). Animal and plant species are thought to have colonized the Caribbean Islands through dispersal and vicariance, and the most prominent vicariance hypothesis involves colonization via GAARlandia. Proponents of the hypothesis cite studies of individual lineages, while critics point to a lack of geological evidence.
Hypothesis
The GAARlandia hypothesis was introduced by Ross MacPhee and Manuel Iturralde-Vinent in 1994. It states that the North American and South American plates compressed the Caribbean plate for 2 million years during the Eocene–Oligocene boundary (33 millions years ago), which led the presently-submerged Aves Ridge in the eastern Caribbean Sea to rise and connect South America with Puerto Rica via an unbroken land bridge; Puerto Rico is posited to have been further connected via dry land to Hispaniola, Cuba and eastern Jamaica. During this period the ice sheet expanded on Antarctica, causing the global sea level to drop. MacPhee and Iturralde-Vinent proposed that the ancestors of the non-flying land vertebrates that inhabit, or used to inhabit, the Greater Antilles arrived from South America by walking along this bridge rather than through oceanic dispersal.
Debate
The GAARlandia hypothesis is controversial in the scientific community. It has been supported by studies of individual lineages, but simultaneous colonization by multiple lineages is yet to be proven. Alonso et al. (2011) firmly argued in favor of the hypothesis: they found in their phylogenetic research that the common ancestor of the toads of the genus Peltophryne, which do not tolerate saltwater, arrived on the Greater Antilles 33 million years ago–exactly when GAARlandia is supposed to have connected the present-day islands to South America. Other taxa found to have arrived at the time GAARlandia is said to have existed include cichlids, Eleutherodactylus and Osteopilus frogs, butterflies, Polistinae wasps, spiders with limited dispersal ability, extinct primates and Megalocnidae sloths, multiple bat groups, and hystricognath rodents.
Ali & Hedges (2021) have found "weak and non-existent" support for GAARlandia, respectively, in the colonization record of land vertebrates and the geological and seismic data. They conclude that oceanic dispersal is "the best available explanation" for the origin of all Greater Antillean species, including plants and invertebrates.
Weaver et al. posit that GAARlandia might have enabled Limia, freshwater fish endemic to the islands, to reach the Antilles through a combination of dispersal, vicariance, and island hopping. Weaver et al. note, however, limias and all other native Antillean species are tolerant of saltwater, and conclude that intolerant species (such as primary division freshwater fish and caecilians) would have colonized the islands as well if a land bridge had been sufficient. Weaver et al. note that mammals which may have walked across GAARlandia, including megalonychid sloths, were capable of crossing short stretches of saltwater as well.
References
- ^ Ali, Jason R. (2012). "Colonizing the Caribbean: is the GAARlandialand-bridge hypothesis gaining a foothold?". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (3): 431–433. Bibcode:2012JBiog..39..431A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02674.x.
- ^ Ali, Jason R.; Hedges, S. Blair (17 August 2021). "Colonizing the Caribbean: New geological data and an updated land-vertebrate colonization record challenge the GAARlandia land-bridge hypothesis". Journal of Biogeography. 48 (11): 2699–2707. Bibcode:2021JBiog..48.2699A. doi:10.1111/jbi.14234.
- Tong, Yanfeng; Binford, Greta; Rheims, Cristina A.; Kuntner, Matjaž; Liu, Jie; Agnarsson, Ingi (January 2019). "Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 259–268. Bibcode:2019MolPE.130..259T. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.017. PMID 30326288.
- ^ Weaver, Pablo; Cruz, Alexander; Johnson, Steven Euston; Dupin, Julia; Weaver, Kathleen (June 2016). "Colonizing the Caribbean: Biogeography and evolution of livebearing fishes of the genus Limia (Poeciliidae)". Journal of Biogeography. 43 (9): 1808–1819. Bibcode:2016JBiog..43.1808W. doi:10.1111/jbi.12798. S2CID 89184942. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.