The field of phylogeography continues to grow in terms of power and accessibility. Initially
uniting population genetics and phylogenetics, it now spans disciplines as diverse as …

Lower C entral A merica (LCA) provides a geologically complex and dynamic, richly
biodiverse model for studying the recent assembly and diversification of a N eotropical biota …

Marine ecosystems are suffering severe depletion of apex predators worldwide [1–4]; shark
declines are principally due to conservative life-histories and fisheries overexploitation [5–8] …

Aim We used inferences of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times for three
lineages of highland pitvipers to identify broad‐scale historical events that have shaped the …

We apply a comparative framework to test for concerted demographic changes in response
to climate shifts in the neotropical lowland forests, learning from the past to inform …

Explaining the origins and evolution of Amazonian biodiversity continues to be an
outstanding question in evolutionary biology. A plethora of mechanisms for promoting …

Understanding how historical processes have either similarly, or differentially, shaped the
evolution of lineages or biotic assemblages is important for a broad spectrum of fields …

The completion of the land bridge between North and South America approximately 3.5–3.1
million years ago (Ma) initiated a tremendous biogeographic event called the Great …

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

Only a few major research programs are currently targeting COI barcoding of amphibians
and reptiles (including chelonians and crocodiles), two major groups of tetrapods …