Critique of parsimony analysis of endemicity as a method of historical biogeography

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Areas of endemism and distribution patterns for Neotropical Piper species (Piperaceae) (2006, result): “Our viewpoint is that the results obtained by using gridbased PAE do not allow us to distinguish the origin of spatial congruence among taxa, that is, these results fail to uncover the extent of both historical and ecological influences (Posadas & Miranda-Esquivel, 1999; Brooks & Van Veller, 2003 )”
Misconceptions about parsimony analysis of endemicity (2006, background): “On the other hand, Cracraft (1994) argued that two areas of endemism sharing a taxon is not sufficient evidence to claim a vicariant relationship, because the distributions may result from a long-distance dispersal, or the shared taxon may have been present in a larger ancestral biota but failed to ”
The diversification of eastern South American open vegetation biomes: Historical biogeography and perspectives (2011, background): “Results of both analyses can reflect just patterns of ecological similarities among localities instead of historical patterns, and should be interpreted with caution (Brooks and van Veller, 2003).”