A tree of leaves: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leaf insects (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae)

S Bank, RT Cumming, Y Li, K Henze… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
The insect order Phasmatodea is known for large slender insects masquerading as twigs or
bark. In contrast to these so-called stick insects, the subordinated clade of leaf insects …

Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements

PL Wood Jr, X Guo, SL Travers, YC Su… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent phylogenetic studies of gekkonid lizards have revealed unexpected, widespread
paraphyly and polyphyly among genera, unclear generic boundaries, and a tendency …

Wallacean and Melanesian islands promote higher rates of diversification within the global passerine radiation Corvides

JM McCullough, CH Oliveros, BW Benz… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The complex island archipelagoes of Wallacea and Melanesia have provided empirical data
behind integral theories in evolutionary biology, including allopatric speciation and island …

Reconstructing the nonadaptive radiation of an ancient lineage of ground‐dwelling stick insects (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae)

S Bank, TR Buckley, TH Büscher… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) are large terrestrial herbivorous arthropods known for
masquerading as plant parts such as bark, twigs and leaves. Their evolutionary history is …

Phylogenomics of monitor lizards and the role of competition in dictating body size disparity

IG Brennan, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Organismal interactions drive the accumulation of diversity by influencing species ranges,
morphology, and behavior. Interactions vary from agonistic to cooperative and should result …

[KNIHA][B] Island biogeography: geo-environmental dynamics, ecology, evolution, human impact, and conservation

RJ Whittaker, JM Fernández-Palacios, TJ Matthews - 2023 - books.google.com
Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

Plants will cross the lines: climate and available land mass are the major determinants of phytogeographical patterns in the Sunda–Sahul Convergence Zone

EM Joyce, KR Thiele, JWF Slik… - Biological Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The Miocene convergence of the Sunda shelf, Sahul shelf and Wallacea facilitated the
exchange of previously isolated floras across the Sunda–Sahul Convergence Zone (SSCZ) …

The first phylogeny of Australasian Lamiinae longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) reveals poor tribal classification and a complex biogeographic history

LG Ashman, S Shin, A Zwick, A Ślipiński… - Systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We used phylogenomic data and information from the beetle fossil record to reconstruct the
phylogeny and historical biogeography of Australasian longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) in …

Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic range evolution in cat-eyed snakes, Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae)

JL Weinell, AJ Barley, CD Siler, NL Orlov… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The genus Boiga includes 35, primarily arboreal snake species distributed from the Middle
East to Australia and many islands in the western Pacific, with particularly high species …

Oligo-Miocene radiation within South-west Pacific arc terranes underpinned repeated upstream continental dispersals in pigeons (Columbiformes)

PM Oliver, AF Hugall, A Prasteya… - Biological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Upstream colonizations from islands to continents have played an important role in two
major global bird radiations: the oscine passerines and the pigeons. Here, we investigate …