The Hawaiian islands contain the most spectacular variety of land6irds ever discovered on
remote oceanic islands. The Hawaiian honeycreepers, having evolved from a presumably …

The Hawaiian" honeyeaters," five endemic species of recently extinct, nectar-feeding
songbirds in the genera Moho and Chaetoptila, looked and acted like Australasian …

Investigations of regional genetic differentiation are essential for describing
phylogeographic patterns and informing management efforts for species of conservation …

Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear DNA external transcribed spacer (ETS) and chloroplast
DNA trnL–trnF markers were undertaken to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the South …

Next-generation sequencing technologies are increasingly being employed to explore
patterns of genomic variation in avian taxa previously characterized using morphology …

Lilaeopsis is a genus of perennial, rhizomatous herbs in the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae). Its
thirteen species occupy damp, marshy, or truly aquatic habitats. The genus is well …

Pine and oak woodlands are common North American floral communities with distinct
regional species composition. The white‐breasted nuthatch (Aves: Sitta carolinensis) is a …

The chapter examines macroscale patterns of avian species richness and relates this to
macroscale patterns of diversification in tropical forests. It investigates where recent …

Melicope (Rutaceae) is one of the largest plant genera on the Hawaiian Islands. We present
here a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Hawaiian species of this genus and …

We investigated the molecular phylogenetic placement of 14 species of Pacific island
honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) in the broader context of an existing family-level …