Aim This paper reviews the biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropical biome to
highlight general patterns in the distribution of a range of organisms and their environmental …

New Zealand has long been a conundrum to biogeographers, possessing as it does
geophysical and biotic features characteristic of both an island and a continent. This schism …

Introduction River networks, the backbone of most landscapes on Earth, collect and
transport water, sediment, organic matter, and nutrients from upland mountain regions to the …

The galaxioid fishes are the dominant, most speciose group of freshwater fishes (with> 50
species) in the lands of the cool southern hemisphere, with representatives in western and …

Determining factors that modify Earth's topography is essential for understanding continental
mass and nutrient fluxes, and the evolution and diversity of species. Contrary to the …

Several recent estimates of global biodiversity have concluded that the total number of
species on Earth lies near the lower end of the wide range touted in previous decades …

Vicariance is potentially a key biogeographic process (Rosen, 1978) that physically disrupts
populations—typically through geological upheaval—and leads to genetic divergence and …

Freshwater habitats make up only∼ 0.01% of available aquatic habitat and yet harbor 40%
of all fish species, whereas marine habitats comprise> 99% of available aquatic habitat and …

sAbstract Contemporary North American drainage basins are composites of formerly
isolated drainages, suggesting that fragmentation and fusion of palaeodrainage systems …

Determined by landscape structure as well as dispersal‐related traits of species,
connectivity influences various key aspects of population biology, ranging from population …