Climate change and urbanisation are among the most pervasive and rapidly growing threats
to biodiversity worldwide. However, their impacts are usually considered in isolation, and …

Quantitative studies of fossil data have proven critical to a number of major
macroevolutionary and macroecological discoveries, such as the 'Big 5'mass extinctions of …

Adaptive radiation plays a fundamental role in our understanding of the evolutionary
process. However, the concept has provoked strong and differing opinions concerning its …

The present article highlights important concepts of personality including stability issues
from the perspective of situational demands and stability over the life-course. Following this …

If gut microbes influence host behavioral ecology in the short term, over evolutionary time,
they could drive host niche differentiation. We explored this possibility by comparing the gut …

Adaptive radiation unfolds as selection acts on the genetic variation underlying functional
traits. The nature of this variation can be revealed by studying the tips of an ongoing …

Background Darwin's finches are a clade of 19 species of passerine birds native to the
Galápagos Islands, whose biogeography, specialized beak morphologies, and dietary …

Darwin's finches are an iconic example of an adaptive radiation with well-characterized
evolutionary history, dietary preferences, and biogeography, offering an unparalleled …

Divergent natural selection should lead to adaptive radiation—that is, the rapid evolution of
phenotypic and ecological diversity originating from a single clade. The drivers of adaptive …

Background The molecular basis of evolutionary change is assumed to be genetic variation.
However, growing evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA …