Understanding the origins of species richness patterns is a fundamental goal in ecology and
evolutionary biology. Much research has focused on explaining two kinds of species …

We review the current knowledge of the biodiversity of the ocean as well as the levels of
decline and threat for species and habitats. The lack of understanding of the distribution of …

Evolution is happening all around us. In many cases–lately, due to technological advances
in molecular biology–scientists can now describe the evolutionary process in exquisite …

Many biodiversity studies focus on explaining high tropical species richness, but an equally
dramatic yet understudied pattern involves the divergent richness of land, sea and …

Abstract The Tropical Andes make up Earth's most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for both
animals and plants. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary processes underlying this …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) describes the pattern of increasing numbers of
species from the poles to the equator. Although recognized for over 200 years, the …

Evolution is happening all around us. In many cases–lately, due to technological advances
in molecular biology–scientists can now describe the evolutionary process in exquisite …

Estimates of diversification rates are invaluable for many macroevolutionary studies.
Recently, an approach called BAMM (Bayesian Analysis of Macro-evolutionary Mixtures) …

Many clades that span the marine–freshwater boundary are disproportionately more diverse
in the younger, shorter lived, and scarcer freshwater environments than they are in the …

For most marine organisms, species richness peaks in the Central Indo-Pacific region and
declines longitudinally, a striking pattern that remains poorly understood. Here, we used …