The integration of phylogenetics, phylogeography and palaeoenvironmental studies is
providing major insights into the historical forces that have shaped the Earth's biomes. Yet …

The influence of climatic changes occurring since the late Miocene on Australia's eastern
mesic ecosystems has received significant attention over the past 20 years. In particular, the …

Allopatric speciation results from geographic isolation between populations. In the absence
of gene flow, reproductive isolation arises gradually and incidentally as a result of mutation …

This assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's biodiversity to climate change was begun
in early 2007 in response to a request from the Natural Resource Management Ministerial …

Comparative phylogeography has proved useful for investigating biological responses to
past climate change and is strongest when combined with extrinsic hypotheses derived from …

Environmental change can create opportunities for increased rates of lineage diversification,
but continued species accumulation has been hypothesized to lead to slowdowns via …

Freshwater environments and their fishes are particularly vulnerable to climate change
because the persistence and quality of aquatic habitat depend heavily on climatic and …

Comparison of mitochondrial and morphological divergence in eight populations of a
widespread leaf-litter skink is used to determine the relative importance of geographic …

Prioritizing areas for conservation requires the use of surrogates for assessing overall
patterns of biodiversity. Effective surrogates will reflect general biogeographical patterns and …

We review the use of clay models to explore questions about predation rates on small
vertebrate taxa that are typically difficult to observe directly. The use of models has a …