▪ Abstract As better phylogenetic hypotheses become available for many groups of
organisms, studies in community ecology can be informed by knowledge of the evolutionary …

▪ Abstract Niche conservatism is the tendency of species to retain ancestral ecological
characteristics. In the recent literature, a debate has emerged as to whether niches are …

Ecology and historical (phylogeny-based) biogeography have much to offer one another, but
exchanges between these fields have been limited. Historical biogeography has become …

Because of the correlation expected between the phylogenetic relatedness of two taxa and
their net ecological similarity, a measure of the overall phylogenetic relatedness of a …

Adaptive radiation refers to diversification from an ancestral species that produces
descendants adapted to use a great variety of distinct ecological niches. In this review, I …

We present natural history information on 66 species of snakes found in the forests of the
Mana us region, Central Amazonia, Brazil. For each species, we provide information on size …

The analysis of the phylogenetic structure of communities can help reveal contemporary
ecological interactions, as well as link community ecology with biogeography and the study …

We surveyed the population status of the Neotropical toad genus Atelopus, and document
recent catastrophic declines that are more severe than previously reported for any …

From the perspective of the ecologist, ecomorphological analyses have three distinct
goals:(1) estimation of ecological relationships among species from their positions in …

▪ Abstract The performance of an organism is the crucial link between its phenotype and its
ecological success. When does an organism's morphology affect its performance …