Aim The number of studies investigating the nestedness and turnover components of beta
diversity has increased substantially, but our general understanding of the drivers of …

Identifying patterns and drivers of infectious disease dynamics across multiple scales is a
fundamental challenge for modern science. There is growing awareness that it is necessary …

Genomics is narrowing uncertainty in the phylogenetic structure for many amniote groups.
For one of the most diverse and species-rich groups, the squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes …

Boa is a Neotropical genus of snakes historically recognized as monotypic despite its
expansive distribution. The distinct morphological traits and color patterns exhibited by these …

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) reduce host population sizes, cause extinction,
disassemble communities, and have indirect negative effects on human well-being. Fungal …

Biodiversity accumulates hierarchically by means of ecological and evolutionary processes
and feedbacks. Within ecological communities drift, dispersal, speciation, and selection …

The classical theory of island biogeography, which predicts species richness using island
area and isolation, has been expanded to include contributions from marine subsidies, ie …

Neutral theory proposes that some macroscopic biodiversity patterns can be explained in
terms of drift, speciation and immigration, without invoking niches. There are many different …

Abstract Aim The Theory of Island Biogeography posits that ecological and evolutionary
processes regulate species richness of isolated areas. We assessed the influences of an …

Aim We test the relationship between the voluntary thermal maximum (VTMax; the
temperature at which an individual actively retreats to a colder site) and geographical …