The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

Species distribution modeling (SDM: statistical and/or mechanistic approaches to the
assessment of range determinants and prediction of species occurrence) offers new …

Predicting past distributions of species climatic niches, hindcasting, by using climate
envelope models (CEMs) is emerging as an exciting research area. CEMs are used to …

Müllerian mimicry among Neotropical Heliconiini butterflies is an excellent example of
natural selection, associated with the diversification of a large continental-scale radiation …

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is indigenous to the Amazon basin, but is generally believed
to have been domesticated in Mesoamerica for the production of chocolate beverage …

Background Amblyomma cajennense F. is one of the best known and studied ticks in the
New World because of its very wide distribution, its economical importance as pest of …

The increasing interest in the effects of climate changes on species distributions has been
followed by the development of Species Distribution Models (SDMs). Although these …

Aim Paleogeographic changes have had profound effects on the evolution and diversity of
the Neotropical biota. However, the influence of marine incursions on the origin …

Abstract The Guiana Shield (GS) is one of the most pristine regions of Amazonia and
biologically one of the richest areas on Earth. How and when this massive diversity arose …

Lower C entral A merica (LCA) provides a geologically complex and dynamic, richly
biodiverse model for studying the recent assembly and diversification of a N eotropical biota …