Evolutionary processes underlying spatial patterns in species richness remain largely
unexplored, and correlative studies lack the theoretical basis to explain these patterns in …

Global correlations of range size and niche breadth, and their relationship to latitude, have
long intrigued ecologists and biogeographers. Study of these patterns has given rise to a …

Biogeography is primarily concerned with the spatial distribution of biodiversity, including
performing scenarios in a changing environment. The efforts deployed to develop species …

The islands of Hawaii are a haven for spiders as well as tourists. The ar chipelago is
celebrated for its extraordi nary examples of adaptive radiation, the brandling of multiple …

Biodiversity is rapidly changing in the Anthropocene, but not all directional changes
observed in biodiversity time series are anthropogenic. We discuss key research findings in …

Island biogeography aims at inferring the processes that govern the assembly of
communities in space and time. Molecular phylogenies can tell us about the timings of …

Past geological and climatological processes shape extant biodiversity. In the Hawaiian
Islands, these processes have provided the physical environment for a number of extensive …

Attempts to infer the ecological drivers of macroevolution in deep time have long drawn
inspiration from work on extant systems, but long-term evolutionary and geological changes …

The concept of metacommunity (ie, a set of local communities linked by dispersal) has
gained great popularity among community ecologists. However, metacommunity research …

Two fundamental axes–space and time–shape ecological systems. Over the last 30 years
spatial ecology has developed as an integrative, multidisciplinary science that has improved …