One of ecology's grand challenges is developing general rules to explain and predict highly
complex systems. Understanding and predicting ecological processes from species' traits …

Contents Summary 669 I. Model clades for the study and integration of ecology and
evolution 670 II. Oaks: an important model clade 671 III. Insights from the history of the …

Northern Hemisphere forests changed drastically in the early Eocene with the diversification
of the oak family (Fagaceae). Cooling climates over the next 20 million years fostered the …

Known for centuries, the geographical pattern of increasing biodiversity from the poles to the
equator is one of the most pervasive features of life on Earth. A longstanding goal of …

Aim (1) To synthesize data on the physical and phylogeographical history of the Mexican
highlands, with a focus on the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), and (2) to propose …

Introgressive hybridization challenges the concepts we use to define species and infer
phylogenetic relationships. Methods for inferring historical introgression from the genomes …

The nature and timing of evolution of niche differentiation among closely related species
remains an important question in ecology and evolution. The American live oak clade …

Climate is widely recognised as an important determinant of the latitudinal diversity gradient.
However, most existing studies make no distinction between direct and indirect effects of …

Species and phylogenetic lineages have evolved to differ in the way that they acquire and
deploy resources, with consequences for their physiological, chemical and structural …

Comparative phylogeography can elucidate the influence of historical events on current
patterns of biodiversity and can identify patterns of co-vicariance among unrelated taxa that …