▪ Abstract Understanding the evolutionary processes that generate and sustain diversity in
tropical faunas has challenged biologists for over a century and should underpin …

To provide an overview on the spatial distribution of centennial-scale climate records of MIS
3 glacial, terrestrial and marine sites have been compiled in three tables according to their …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Conservation planning has tended to focus more on pattern (representation) than process
(persistence) and, for the former, has emphasized species and ecosystem or community …

Australia's human prehistory through more than 40,000 years is the challenging theme of
this masterly survey. John Mulvaney and Johan Kamminga bring together the discoveries …

The older history of hybrid zones is explored through consideration of recent advances in
climatology, paleontology and phylogeography in the Late Cenozoic, particularly the …

One of the most complex and contentious issues in Australian ecology concerns the
environmental impact of Aboriginal landscape burning. This issue is not only important for …

Australia has not always been arid, and the central desert was once well watered. This
paper traces the changes in climate and vegetation, leading to the present aridity. At the …

Patterns of biological diversity should be interpreted in light of both contemporary and
historical influences; however, to date, most attempts to explain diversity patterns have …

Comparative phylogeography has proved useful for investigating biological responses to
past climate change and is strongest when combined with extrinsic hypotheses derived from …