Density-dependent processes play a key role in the spatial structuring of biodiversity.
Specifically, interrelated demographic processes, such as gene surfing, high-density …

Phylogeographic and evolutionary research programmes have successfully elucidated
compelling genetic signatures of earth history. Particularly influential achievements include …

The mechanisms responsible for latitudinal biodiversity gradients have fascinated and
perplexed biologists since the time of Darwin. Ecological theory has yielded two general …

Recent analyses of the fossil record and molecular phylogenies suggest that there are
fundamental limits to biodiversity, possibly arising from constraints in the availability of …

The fossil record is the primary source of information on how biodiversity has varied in deep
time, providing unique insight on the long-term dynamics of diversification and their drivers …

The latitudinal diversity gradient has been hypothesized to reflect past evolutionary
dynamics driven by climatic niche conservation during cladogenesis, ie the tropical …

The exhibition of increasingly intensive and complex niche construction behaviors through
time is a key feature of human evolution, culminating in the advanced capacity for ecosystem …

Current patterns of biological diversity are influenced by both historical and present-day
factors, yet research in ecology and evolution is largely split between paleontological and …

How ecological interactions, genetic processes, and environmental variability jointly shape
the evolution of species diversity remains a challenging problem in biology. We developed …

The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …