Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been the workhorse of research in phylogeography for
almost two decades. However, concerns with basing evolutionary interpretations on mtDNA …

Sex-biased dispersal, where individuals of one sex stay or return to their natal site (or group)
to breed while individuals of the other sex are prone to disperse, is a wide-spread pattern in …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

We use genetic divergence at 16 microsatellite loci to investigate how geographical features
of the Galápagos landscape structure island populations of Darwin's finches. We compare …

The field of molecular ecology has burgeoned into a large discipline spurred on by technical
innovations that facilitate the rapid acquisition of large amounts of genotypic data, by the …

We used results from the analysis of microsatellite DNA variation and hydrogen stable‐
isotope ratios to characterize the population structure of a neotropical migrant passerine, the …

Timing is essential in seasonally changing habitats. Survival and reproduction are
enhanced through precise adjustment to environmental conditions. Avian seasonal …

Greater prairie‐chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) were once found throughout the
tallgrass prairie of midwestern North America but over the last century these prairies have …

The relationship between cultural and genetic evolution was examined in the yellow–naped
amazon Amazona auropalliata. This species has previously been shown to have regional …

Abstract Aim Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis is a dominant fucoid seaweed occurring
along sheltered, rocky shores throughout the North Atlantic (but not in the Pacific), where it is …