We summarize work on a speciose Neotropical tree genus, Inga (Fabaceae), examining
how interspecific variation in anti-herbivore defenses may have evolved, how defenses …

Phylogeographic studies have merged different disciplines to explain speciation processes
at both spatial and time scales. Although the number of phylogeographic extant studies has …

Plants adapted to special soil types are ideal for investigating evolutionary processes,
including maintenance of intraspecific variation, adaptation, reproductive isolation, ecotypic …

The Brazilian Caatinga is considered the richest nucleus of the Seasonally Dry Tropical
Forests (SDTF) in the Neotropics, also exhibiting high levels of endemism, but the timing of …

Due to its special geological history, the New Caledonian Archipelago is a mosaic of soil
types, and in combination with climatic conditions this results in a heterogeneous …

Andean uplift and the collision of North and South America are thought to have major
implications for the diversification of the Neotropical biota. However, few studies have …

Hypotheses to explain phylogeographic structure traditionally invoke geographic features,
but often fail to provide a general explanation for spatial patterns of genetic variation …

White‐sand forests represent natural laboratories of evolution over their long history
throughout Amazonia and the Guiana Shield and pose significant physiological challenges …

Aim Disentangling how stochastic and deterministic processes contribute to variation in beta
diversity is a common goal for ecologists and biogeographers. However, such studies are …

Aim To assess the relative roles of geologically defined terrain types (environmental
heterogeneity) and a major river (physical dispersal barrier) as predictors of ecological …