Remote island archipelagos offer superb opportunities to study the evolution of community
assembly because of their relatively young and simple communities where speciation …

Oceanic islands have played a central role in biogeography and evolutionary biology. Here,
we review molecular studies of the endemic terrestrial fauna of the Hawaiian archipelago …

The classification of jumping spiders (Salticidae) is revised to bring it into accord with recent
phylogenetic work. Of the 610 recognized extant and fossil genera, 588 are placed at least …

The evolutionary diversification of spiders is attributed to spectacular innovations in silk.
Spiders are unique in synthesizing many different kinds of silk, and using silk for a variety of …

The field of systematics involves at least three major elements: biodiversity exploration
(inventory); taxonomic discovery and description (taxonomy); and the estimation of …

Globally distributed, jumping spiders (Salticidae) are species-rich and morphologically
diverse. Recent molecular phylogenetic work has revealed that major clades are largely …

Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal
distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to …

Research on the dynamics of biodiversity has progressed tremendously over recent years,
although in two separate directions–ecological, to determine change over space at a given …

The islands of French Polynesia cover an area the size of Europe, though total land area is
smaller than Rhode Island. Each hot spot archipelago (Societies, Marquesas, Australs) is …

The Caribbean islands harbor rich biodiversity with high levels of single island endemism.
Stretches of ocean between islands represent significant barriers to gene-flow. Yet some …