Conservation of biodiversity is critical for the coexistence of humans and the sustenance of
other living organisms within the ecosystem. Identification and prioritization of specific …

Aim Speciation processes on islands are still poorly understood. Previous studies based on
the analysis of distribution data from checklists found that the flora of the Azores archipelago …

Oceanic islands emerge lifeless from the seafloor and are separated from continents by long
stretches of sea. Consequently, all their species had to overcome this stringent dispersal …

Ecological conditions, such as high habitat diversity and the absence of competitors, have
been proposed as key determinants of the patterns of speciation observed in oceanic island …

Abstract Carine & Schaefer (Journal of Biogeography, 2010, 37, 77–89) suggest that the
lack of past climate oscillations in the Azores may have contributed to the low plant …

Abstract The Azorean endemic gymnosperm Juniperus brevifolia (Seub.) Antoine is a top
priority species for conservation in Macaronesia, based on its ecological significance in …

Tackling the complicated infrafamilial classification of the economically important Oleaceae
requires a piecemeal approach that addresses generic circumscriptions. Here, focusing on …

Background A central aim of island biogeography is to understand the colonization history of
insular species using current distributions, fossil records and genetic diversity. Here, we …

Aim We used a phylogenetic framework to examine island colonization and predictions
pertaining to differentiation within Macaronesian Tarphius (Insecta, Coleoptera …

Macaronesia has been considered a refuge region of the formerly widespread subtropical
lauroid flora that lived in Southern Europe during the Tertiary. The study of relict …