New Zealand has long been a conundrum to biogeographers, possessing as it does
geophysical and biotic features characteristic of both an island and a continent. This schism …

Improved understanding of tick phylogeny has allowed testing of some biogeographical
patterns. On the basis of both literature data and a meta-analysis of available sequence …

Most extant genus-level radiations in gymnosperms are of Oligocene age or younger,
reflecting widespread extinction during climate cooling at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary …

The ratite moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) were a speciose group of massive graviportal avian
herbivores that dominated the New Zealand (NZ) ecosystem until their extinction≈ 600 …

Studies over the past ten years have shown that the crown groups of most conifer genera
are only about 15–25 Ma old. The genus Picea (spruces, Pinaceae), with around 35 …

Mesophyll conductance is thought to be an important photosynthetic limitation in
gymnosperms, but they currently constitute the most understudied plant group in regard to …

Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide
stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found …

Aim Early in their evolution, angiosperms evolved a diversity of leaf form far greater than that
of any other group of land plants. Some of this diversity evolved in response to varying …

New Zealand biogeography has been dominated by the knowledge that its geophysical
history is continental in nature. The continental crust (Zealandia) from which New Zealand is …

We used a multi-gene approach to assess the phylogenetic relationships of New Zealand
diplodactylid geckos to their Australian and New Caledonian relatives and to one another …