The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

I review the mathematical and biological aspects of Hubbell's (2001) neutral theory of
species abundance for ecological communities, and clarify its historical connections with …

The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest
concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living …

This review suggests that the ecology and patchy global distribution of seasonally dry
tropical forest (SDTF) has distinctively structured the evolutionary history and biogeography …

Trees do not form a natural group but share attributes such as great size, longevity, and high
reproductive output that affect their mode and tempo of evolution. In particular, trees are …

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
exploded the myth of 'the rain forest'as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical …

Neotropical seasonally dry forests are found from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina
and southwestern Brazil in separate areas of varying size (fig. 1-1). Their different variants …

About 3 million years ago (Ma), the I sthmus of P anama joined the A mericas, forming a land
bridge over which inhabitants of each A merica invaded the other—the G reat A merican B …

This review brings together evidence on the monophyly and ages of angiosperm lineages
ranging across the tropical Atlantic with data on the direction, strength, and speed of sea …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …