Species delimitation requires a broad assessment of population-level variation using
multiple lines of evidence, a process known as integrative taxonomy. More specifically …

Gene flow promotes genetic homogeneity of species in time and space. Gene flow can be
modulated by sex‐biased dispersal that links population genetics to mating systems. We …

Social behaviours are highly variable between species, populations and individuals.
However, it is contentious whether behavioural variations are primarily moulded by the …

Purpose This study was conducted to investigate shifts in the bacterial community structure
and soil enzyme activities during long-term reclamation of different land use types in a …

Speciation in the face of gene flow is usually associated with a heterogeneous genomic
landscape of divergence in nascent species pairs. However, multiple factors, such as …

Background Speciation with gene flow is an alternative to the nascence of new taxa in strict
allopatric separation. Indeed, many taxa have parapatric distributions at present. It is often …

Background The allocation of resources between offspring size and number is a central
question of life-history theory. Although several studies have tested the existence of this …

Establishing phylogenetic relationships within a clade can help to infer ancestral origins and
indicate how widespread species reached their current biogeographic distributions. The …

Natural selection tends to favour optimal phenotypes either through directional or stabilizing
selection; however, phenotypic variation in natural populations is common and arises from a …

Although morphological characters distinguishing echiniscid genera and species are well
understood, the phylogenetic relationships of these taxa are not well established. We thus …