The analysis of food webs and their dynamics facilitates understanding of the mechanistic
processes behind community ecology and ecosystem functions. Having accurate techniques …

Abstract Characterization of species diversity of zooplankton is key to understanding,
assessing, and predicting the function and future of pelagic ecosystems throughout the …

Over the past two decades efforts to control malaria have halved the number of cases
globally, yet burdens remain high in much of Africa and the elimination of malaria has not …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

Phylogenetic trees in insects are frequently dated by applying a “standard” mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA) clock estimated at 2.3% My− 1, but despite its wide use reliable calibration …

Studies of insect assemblages are suited to the simultaneous DNA‐based identification of
multiple taxa known as metabarcoding. To obtain accurate estimates of diversity …

Identifying species boundaries within morphologically indistinguishable cryptic species
complexes is often contentious. For the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera …

Nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) are nonfunctional copies of mtDNA in the
nucleus that have been found in major clades of eukaryotic organisms. They can be easily …

Termites have colonized many habitats and are among the most abundant animals in
tropical ecosystems, which they modify considerably through their actions. The timing of their …

Brachycephaloidea is a monophyletic group of frogs with more than 1000 species
distributed throughout the New World tropics, subtropics, and Andean regions. Recently, the …