As climates change across already stressed ecosystems, there is no doubt that species will
be affected, but to what extent and which will be most vulnerable remain uncertain. The …

Species distribution modeling (SDM: statistical and/or mechanistic approaches to the
assessment of range determinants and prediction of species occurrence) offers new …

Predicting past distributions of species climatic niches, hindcasting, by using climate
envelope models (CEMs) is emerging as an exciting research area. CEMs are used to …

The accumulation of biodiversity in tropical forests can occur through multiple allopatric and
parapatric models of diversification, including forest refugia, riverine barriers and ecological …

For three decades, comparative phylogeography has conceptually and methodologically
relied on the concordance criterion for providing insights into the historical/biogeographic …

The increased availability of spatial data and methodological developments in species
distribution modelling has lead to concurrent advances in phylogeography, broadening the …

Background Ocbil theory aims to develop hypotheses explaining the evolution and ecology
of, and best conservation practices for, biota on very old, climatically buffered, infertile …

Phylogeography's objective—to understand the processes underlying the spatial and
temporal dimensions of genetic variation—underlies both the prominence and extensive …

The increasing interest in the effects of climate changes on species distributions has been
followed by the development of Species Distribution Models (SDMs). Although these …

Abstract The Guiana Shield (GS) is one of the most pristine regions of Amazonia and
biologically one of the richest areas on Earth. How and when this massive diversity arose …