Background Ocbil theory aims to develop hypotheses explaining the evolution and ecology
of, and best conservation practices for, biota on very old, climatically buffered, infertile …

Refuges and refugia are important to conservation management because of their potential to
protect species from difficult-to-manage threats such as changing climate, extreme events …

Abstract The North American tarantula genus Aphonopelma provides one of the greatest
challenges to species delimitation and downstream identification in spiders because …

The south‐western land division of Western Australia (SWWA), bordering the temperate
Southern and Indian Oceans, is the only global biodiversity hotspot recognised in Australia …

Background The primary objective of this study is to reconstruct the phylogeny of the hentzi
species group and sister species in the North American tarantula genus, Aphonopelma …

Microhexura montivaga is a miniature tarantula‐like spider endemic to the highest peaks of
the southern Appalachian mountains and is known only from six allopatric, highly disjunct …

The field of systematics involves at least three major elements: biodiversity exploration
(inventory); taxonomic discovery and description (taxonomy); and the estimation of …

The rainforests, wet sclerophyll forests and temperate heathlands of the Australian mesic
zone are home to a diverse and highly endemic biota, including numerous old endemic …

Effective management and conservation of biodiversity requires understanding of predator–
prey relationships to ensure the continued existence of both predator and prey populations …

We use mitochondrial and multi-locus nuclear DNA sequence data to infer both species
boundaries and species relationships within California nemesiid spiders. Higher-level …