Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

Abstract Late Pliocene and Pleistocene climatic instability has been invoked to explain the
buildup of Neotropical biodiversity, although other theories date Neotropical diversification …

Flying animals may experience a selective constraint on gut volume because the energetic
cost of flight increases and maneuverability decreases with greater digesta load. The small …

Background DNA barcoding of life using a standardized COI sequence was proposed as a
species identification system, and as a method for detecting putative new species. Previous …

R. TERRY CHESSER, 1, 12, 13 RICHARD C. BANKS, 1 F. KEITH BARKER, 2 CARLA
CICERO, 3 JON L. DUNN, 4 ANDREW W. KRATTER, 5 IRBY J. LOVETTE, 6 PAMELA C …

Recent analyses suggest that a few major shifts in diversification rate may be enough to
explain most of the disparity in diversity among vertebrate lineages. At least one significant …

The sudden exchange of mammals over the land bridge between the previously isolated
continents of North and South America is among the most celebrated events in the faunal …

The genus Brueelia Kéler, 1936a forms the core of the so-called “Brueelia-complex”, one of
the largest and most heterogeneous groups of lice (Phthiraptera). Here we introduce the …

Darwin's finches comprise a group of 15 species endemic to the Galápagos (14 species)
and Cocos (1 species) Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The group is monophyletic and …