Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of
Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira …

Genomes retain evidence of the demographic history and evolutionary forces that have
shaped populations and drive speciation. Across island systems, contemporary patterns of …

Aim Understanding how grain size affects our ability to characterize species responses to
ongoing climate change is of crucial importance in the context of an increasing awareness …

Oceanic island floras are well known for their morphological peculiarities and exhibit striking
examples of trait evolution,–. These morphological shifts are commonly attributed to …

Due to their ability to disperse over water, over half of the extant bat species occur on islands
and ca. 25% of these are island endemics. They are often the sole native island mammals …

Aim Oceanic islands possess unique floras with high proportions of endemic species. Island
floras are expected to be severely affected by changing climatic conditions as species on …

Climate change is one of the most significant challenges to biodiversity conservation,
particularly in dry tropical islands, such as the Cabo Verde archipelago where only three …

When populations colonise new environments, they may be exposed to novel selection
pressures but also suffer from extensive genetic drift due to founder effects, small population …

Aim Evolutionary studies of oceanic island endemics are usually focused on lineages that
have experienced in situ radiation, while those that speciated once on the island or …

A molecular survey of native and adventive psyllids in the central Macaronesian islands
provides the first comprehensive phylogenetic assessment of the origins of the psyllid fauna …