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 …

Venoms are integrated phenotypes that evolved independently in, and are used for
predatory and defensive purposes by, a wide phylogenetic range of organisms. The same …

We present an integrative model predicting associations among epiphytism, the tank habit,
entangling seeds, C 3 vs. CAM photosynthesis, avian pollinators, life in fertile, moist …

Snakes of the cosmopolitan family Viperidae comprise around 329 venomous species
showing a striking heterogeneity in species richness among lineages. While the subfamily …

• Premise: Bromeliaceae form a large, ecologically diverse family of angiosperms native to
the New World. We use a bromeliad phylogeny based on eight plastid regions to analyze …

Aim We aim to propose validated, spatially explicit hypotheses for the late Quaternary
distribution of the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and thereby provide a framework for integrating …

Aims We analyse here the variations in species composition and richness and the
geographic ranges of the tree species occurring in South American subtropical Atlantic and …

The Plio–Pleistocene refugia hypothesis recently gained support in explaining Brazilian
Atlantic Forest megadiversity from combined analyses of species paleodistributions and …

We report a comparative venomic and antivenomic characterization of the venoms of
newborn and adult specimens of the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus simus, and of …

Species distributed across vast continental areas and across major biomes provide unique
model systems for studies of biotic diversification, yet also constitute daunting financial …