In recent years, biologists have increasingly recognized that evolutionary change can occur
rapidly when natural selection is strong; thus, real-time studies of evolution can be used to …

Understanding the evolution of complex functional traits is a challenge for evolutionary
physiology. Here we investigate the evolution of subdigital toepads in lizards, which have …

Understanding the origins and early stages of diversification is one of the most elusive tasks
in adaptive radiation research. Classical approaches, which aim to infer past processes from …

Organismal functions are size-dependent whenever body surfaces supply body volumes.
Larger organisms can develop strongly folded internal surfaces for enhanced diffusion, but …

Hurricanes are catastrophically destructive. Beyond their toll on human life and livelihoods,
hurricanes have tremendous and often long-lasting effects on ecological systems,. Despite …

Convergent evolution has played an important role in the development of the ecological
niche concept. We investigated patterns of convergent and divergent evolution of Caribbean …

Many of the classic examples of adaptive radiation, including Caribbean Anolis lizards, are
found on islands. However, Anolis also exhibits substantial species richness and …

Uncovering convergent and divergent patterns of diversification is a major goal of
evolutionary biology. On four Greater Antillean islands, Anolis lizards have convergently …

Islands are thought to facilitate adaptive radiation by providing release from competition and
predation. Anole lizards are considered a classic example of this phenomenon: different …

The performance of an organism in its environment frequently depends more on its
composite phenotype than on individual phenotypic traits. Thus, understanding …