Phylogeny is a potentially powerful tool for conserving biodiversity. This book explores how
it can be used to tackle questions of great practical importance and urgency for …

Abstract Theory and small-scale experiments predict that biodiversity losses can decrease
the magnitude and stability of ecosystem services such as production and nutrient cycling …

To the Editor—The study of geodiversity, the abiotic diversity of the Earth's surface and sub-
surface 1, is now emerging as a key concept in the scientific community 2–4. In addition to …

Abstract The Cape region of South Africa is a hotspot of flowering plant biodiversity.
However, the reasons why levels of diversity and endemism are so high remain obscure …

Evolutionary adaptation drives biodiversity. So far, however, evolutionary thinking has had
limited impact on plans to counter the effects of climate change on biodiversity and …

Traditional discussions of speciation are based on geographical patterns of species ranges,.
In allopatric speciation, long-term geographical isolation generates reproductively isolated …

Understanding patterns of biodiversity distribution is essential to conservation strategies, but
severe data constraints make surrogate measures necessary,,. For this reason, many …

The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature
of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants, animals, protists and fungi …

A fundamental question in evolutionary ecology and conservation biology is: why do some
areas contain greater species diversity than others? Island biogeographic theory has …

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