Understanding the structure and variation of Homo sapiens populations in Africa is critical
for interpreting multiproxy evidence of their subsequent dispersals into Eurasia. However …

Animal movement across regions owing to human activity can lead to the introduction of
pathogens, resulting in disease epidemics with medical and socioeconomic significance …

Aim Natural processes of colonization and human‐mediated introductions have shaped
current patterns of biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin. We use a comparative …

Seed dispersal by vertebrates is one of the main plant-animal interactions, especially in the
Mediterranean region where fleshy fruits are, at least seasonally, one of the main food …

Aim We investigated the hypothesis that body size evolution of mammals is strongly
influenced by ecological interactions, resulting in evolutionary divergence in body size in …

The effects of Pleistocene glaciations on moulding biodiversity have been extensively
investigated within temperate biomes, yet arid ecosystems are largely neglected. A clear …

The raccoon dog, a medium-sized carnivore, has long been recognised as a prominent
example of an invasive alien species in Europe with a wide distribution, significant …

Cysts of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana are harvested from the Great Salt Lake (GSL)
and San Francisco Bay (SFB) saltworks in the USA, and marketed worldwide to provide live …

Successful species introductions are not homogeneously distributed over the globe, which
points to the need to understand why some have succeeded, yet others failed. We …

Aspects influencing the distribution patterns of mammals are particularly important for
species living in human altered landscapes. The current study investigated the relationship …