▪ Abstract Understanding the evolutionary processes that generate and sustain diversity in
tropical faunas has challenged biologists for over a century and should underpin …

Conservation planning has tended to focus more on pattern (representation) than process
(persistence) and, for the former, has emphasized species and ecosystem or community …

Genetic diversity is recognized as a fundamental component of biodiversity and its
protection is incorporated in several conventions and policies. However, neither the …

We examine the effects of historical climate change on vertebrate differentiation in tropical
rainforest by comparing phylogeographic patterns in six species of widespread rainforest …

Research during the past decade in the wet tropics region of Queensland has yielded
important insights into the responses of rainforest mammals to habitat fragmentation. These …

Prioritizing areas for conservation requires the use of surrogates for assessing overall
patterns of biodiversity. Effective surrogates will reflect general biogeographical patterns and …

Comparison of mitochondrial DNA variation among populations of three endemic lizard
species in Australia's Wet Tropics rainforest reveals clear evidence of population–level …

Hypotheses for divergence and speciation in rainforests generally fall into two categories:
those emphasizing the role of geographic isolation and those emphasizing the role of …

Phylogeographic analyses of the fauna of the Australian wet tropics rainforest have provided
strong evidence for long‐term isolation of populations among allopatric refugia, yet typically …

The upland mesic rainforests of eastern Australia have been described as a “mesothermal
archipelago” where a chain of cool mountain “islands” arise from a warm “sea” of tropical …