The extraordinary species richness and endemism of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA)
exists in one of the most geologically dynamic regions of the planet. The provenance of its …

The importance of islands in revealing evolutionary processes was highlighted already at
the birth of evolutionary biology as a science (Darwin 1859; Darwin and Wallace 1858) …

By their very nature oceanic island ecosystems offer great opportunities for the study of
evolution and have for a long time been recognized as natural laboratories for studying …

The recognition of broad biogeographic provinces provides an important framework for
ecological and conservation biological research. Marine biologists have long recognized …

Aim To test whether marine biogeographical patterns observed at the community level are
also important within species. It is postulated that historical hydrogeographic barriers have …

The south‐western land division of Western Australia (SWWA), bordering the temperate
Southern and Indian Oceans, is the only global biodiversity hotspot recognised in Australia …

Vicariance biogeography emerged several decades ago from the fusion of cladistics and
plate tectonics, and quickly came to dominate historical biogeography. The field has since …

Following several decades during which two dissimilar and incompatible models
(equilibrium and vicariance) dominated island biogeography, recent publications have …

Oceanic islands offer biologists unparalleled opportunities to study evolutionary processes
and ecological phenomena. However, human activity threatens to alter or destroy many of …

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 …