The geography of speciation has long been contentious. In recent years, phylogenetic
approaches have been proposed to determine the geographical mode of speciation. If …

Despite recent advances in population genetic theory and empirical research, the extent of
genetic differentiation among natural populations of animals remains difficult to predict. We …

Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds presents an up-to-date classification of
Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of …

Observations that rates of molecular evolution vary widely within and among lineages have
cast doubts on the existence of a single “molecular clock.” Differences in the timing of …

This article comments on the changes in the new reference list on German birds. Criteria for
allocation of species to the various status and distributional categories are explained in …

Background DNA barcoding of life using a standardized COI sequence was proposed as a
species identification system, and as a method for detecting putative new species. Previous …

Latitudinal variation among species in life‐history traits is often suggested to contribute to
high tropical species richness. However, traditional methods of analysing such variation …

The oxygen store/usage hypothesis suggests that larger animals are able to dive for longer
and hence deeper because oxygen storage scales isometrically with body mass, whereas …

Aim In this study we present a molecular phylogenetic and phylogeographical analysis of
Peltophryne (Anura: Bufonidae), an endemic genus of Antillean toads, to investigate the …