Abstract Despite islands contributing only 6.7% of land surface area, they harbor~ 20% of
the Earth's biodiversity, but unfortunately also~ 50% of the threatened species and 75% of …

The fact that angiosperms are so species‐rich and ecologically diverse–Darwin's second
abominable mystery–could be explained by their ability to 'reinvent'themselves by evolving …

Estimates of diversification rates at the tips of a phylogeny provide a flexible approach for
correlation analyses with multiple traits and to map diversification rates in space while also …

Differences in species diversity over continental scales represent imprints of evolutionary,
ecological, and biogeographic events. Here, we investigate whether the higher tree species …

Aim It is widely accepted that biodiversity is influenced by both niche‐related and spatial
processes from local to global scales. Their relative importance, however, is still disputed …

Replicated radiations, in which sets of similar forms evolve repeatedly within different
regions, can provide powerful insights into parallel evolution and the assembly of functional …

Aim Mountains and islands are both well known for their high endemism. To explain this
similarity, parallels have been drawn between the insularity of “true islands”(land …

Some of the largest impacts of climate change are expected in the environmentally
heterogeneous and species rich high mountain ecosystems. Among those, the Neotropical …

Abstract In 1974, G. Ledyard Stebbins provided a metaphor illustrating how spatial gradients
of biodiversity observed today are by-products of the way environment-population …

Aim Historically, biomes have been defined based on their structurally and functionally
similar vegetation, but there is debate about whether these similarities are superficial, and …