GLOSSARY adaptive radiation Evolution of ecological and phenotypic diversity within a
rapidly multiplying lineage. allopatric Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic …

Adaptive radiation is one of the most important outcomes of the process of evolution, and
islands are places where it is best observed. The term itself was first used by HF Osborn in …

Adaptive radiation-the rise of a diversity of ecological roles and attendant adaptations in
different species within a lineage (see Osborn 1902; Huxley 1942; Simpson 1953; Mayr …

This issue of Ecography features three responses to our paper ''Species diversity can drive
speciation''(Emerson and Kolm 2005a), each presenting arguments of a different nature as …

“The geography of diversification” returns to a central theme of biogeography—that place
matters, and that each region, down to an island or lake, can be an evolutionary arena …

Adaptive radiation refers to diversification from an ancestral species that produces
descendants adapted to use a great variety of distinct ecological niches. In this review, I …

Evolutionary radiations constitute a very important aspect of evolution because they
generate much of the biosphere's taxonomic and morphological diversity. We identify …

New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists
with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of …

Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation surveys recent advances in the study of
adaptive radiation by bringing together a set of international experts investigating a wide …

The Crafoord Prize is awarded in partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences and the Crafoord Foundation in Lund. The Academy is responsible for selecting …