Far from a uniform band, the biodiversity found across Earth’s tropical moist forests varies
widely between the high diversity of the Neotropics and Indomalaya and the relatively lower …

Madagascar’s unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar’s …

Mountains are often more species‐rich than lowlands. This could be the result of migration
from lowlands to mountains, of a greater survival rate in mountains, or of a higher …

Madagascar’s biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We review
the current state of knowledge on Madagascar’s past and current terrestrial and freshwater …

Aim To quantify the effect of Pleistocene climate fluctuations on habitat connectivity across
páramos in the Northern Andes. Location Northern Andes. Methods The unique páramos …

Episodes of rapid speciation provide unique insights into evolutionary processes underlying
species radiations and patterns of biodiversity. Here we investigated the radiation of …

Recent developments in phylogenetic methods have made it possible to reconstruct evolutionary
radiations from extant taxa, but identifying the triggers of radiations is still problematic. …

Animal-mediated seed dispersal by frugivorous birds and mammals is central to the ecology
and functioning of ecosystems, but whether and how frugivory-related traits have affected …

Insular woodiness (IW)—the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness toward woodiness
on islands—is one of the most iconic features of island floras. Since pioneering work by …

Despite the role of polyploidy in multiple evolutionary processes, its impact on plant
diversification remains controversial. An increased polyploid frequency may facilitate speciation …