The study of islands as model systems has played an important role in the development of
evolutionary and ecological theory. The 50th anniversary of MacArthur and Wilson's …

Ecological opportunity–through entry into a new environment, the origin of a key innovation
or extinction of antagonists–is widely thought to link ecological population dynamics to …

A number of methods have been developed to infer differential rates of species
diversification through time and among clades using time-calibrated phylogenetic trees …

Summary The tropical Andes of South America, the world's richest biodiversity hotspot, are
home to many rapid radiations. While geological, climatic, and ecological processes …

Our growing understanding of the plant tree of life provides a novel opportunity to uncover
the major drivers of angiosperm diversity. Using a time‐calibrated phylogeny, we …

Motivation over the last 12 years I have been collecting trait and geographic data on lizards.
These data could be useful for scientists studying this remarkable reptilian radiation …

Estimating rates of speciation and extinction, and understanding how and why they vary
over evolutionary time, geographical space and species groups, is a key to understanding …

The uneven distribution of species richness is a fundamental and unexplained pattern of
vertebrate biodiversity. Although species richness in groups like mammals, birds, or teleost …

Ants are one of the most ecologically and numerically dominant group of terrestrial
organisms with most species diversity currently found in tropical climates. Several …

The integration of phylogenetics, phylogeography and palaeoenvironmental studies is
providing major insights into the historical forces that have shaped the Earth's biomes. Yet …