The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

A fundamental premise of this review is that distinctive phylogenetic and biogeographic
patterns in clades endemic to different major biomes illuminate the evolutionary process. In …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

We investigate patterns of historical assembly of tree communities across Amazonia using a
newly developed phylogeny for the species-rich neotropical tree genus Inga. We compare …

Lower C entral A merica (LCA) provides a geologically complex and dynamic, richly
biodiverse model for studying the recent assembly and diversification of a N eotropical biota …

The orchid bees constitute a clade of prominent insect pollinators distributed throughout the
Neotropical region. Males of all species collect fragrances from natural sources, including …

• Premise of the study: The clusioid clade includes five families (ie, Bonnetiaceae,
Calophyllaceae, Clusiaceae ss, Hypericaceae, and Podostemaceae) represented by 94 …

We provide a cross‐taxon and historical analysis of what makes tropical forest species
vulnerable to extinction. Several traits have been important for species survival in the recent …

Myrtaceae is one of the richest families in the Atlantic Forest, a priority biodiversity hotspot
that continues to be highly threatened, subject to rapid urbanisation and high levels of …

The Neotropics are the most species-rich area of the planet. Understanding the origin and
maintenance of this diversity is an important goal of ecology and evolutionary biology …