Premise of the Study Conifers are an important living seed plant lineage with an extensive
fossil record spanning more than 300 million years. The group therefore provides an …

The tree of life is highly reticulate, with the history of population divergence emerging from
populations of gene phylogenies that reflect histories of introgression, lineage sorting and …

The determinants of biodiversity patterns can be understood using macroevolutionary
analyses. The integration of fossils into phylogenies offers a deeper understanding of …

This overview of relationships between biodiversity and management focuses on Central
European Fagus forests. Present management and conservation activities are embedded in …

For much of terrestrial biodiversity, the evolutionary pathways of adaptation from marine
ancestors are poorly understood and have usually been viewed as a binary trait. True crabs …

Standard models of plant speciation assume strictly dichotomous genealogies in which a
species, the ancestor, is replaced by two offspring species. The reality in wind‐pollinated …

Background Approximately 80% of all described extant sponge species belong to the class
Demospongiae. Yet, despite their diversity and importance, accurate divergence times are …

Oaks (Quercus) comprise more than 400 species worldwide and centres of diversity for most
sections lie in the Americas and East/Southeast Asia. The only exception is the Eurasian …

Aim This work explores whether the commonly observed positive range size–niche breadth
relationship exists for Fagus, one of the most dominant and widespread broad‐leaved …

Species of Malvales are significant components of tropical biomes around the world
(Oliveira-Filho, 2017, Sosef et al., 2017, Webb et al., 2008). For example, species of …