One of the oldest challenges in ecology is to understand the processes that underpin the
composition of communities. Historically, an obvious way in which to describe community …

The concept of biological diversity, or biodiversity, is at the core of evolutionary and
ecological studies. Many indices of biodiversity have been developed in the last four …

Until now, decomposition of abundance‐sensitive gamma (regional) phylogenetic diversity
measures into alpha and beta (within‐and between‐group) components has been based on …

The scale of the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires both effective conservation prioritisation
and urgent action. As extinction is non-random across the tree of life, it is important to …

Under the impact of human activity, global extinction rates have risen a thousand times
higher than shown in the fossil record. The resources available for conservation are …

Fish have evolved a variety of sex‐determining (SD) systems including male heterogamy
(XY), female heterogamy (ZW) and environmental SD. Little is known about SD mechanisms …

A key step in understanding the distribution of biodiversity is the grou** of regions based
on their shared elements. Historically, regionalization schemes have been largely species …

The Earth's evolutionary history is threatened by species loss in the current sixth mass
extinction event in Earth's history. Such extinction events not only eliminate species but also …

Tropical fisheries, which are considered multi-species, may show selectiveness. We
analyzed the degree of selectivity of fish catches in 46 sites along the Amazon basin through …

The EDGE (evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered) conservation program
(http://www. edgeofexistence. org) uses a composite measure of threat and phylogenetic …