Recent biological analyses suggest that reductions in dispersal ability have been key drivers
of diversification across numerous lineages. We synthesise emerging data to highlight …

Beetles have colonized water many times during their history, with some of these events
involving extensive evolutionary radiations and multiple transitions between land and water …

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

Aim We hypothesized that mechanisms underlying beta diversity in rivers would differ
between gradients where (1) natural stressors result in progressive species turnover with …

Many Mediterranean streams in arid and semiarid areas are naturally saline systems due to
the presence of evaportic rocks of Miocene or Triassic origin. Despite the fact that these …

Aim In aquatic ecosystems, standing (lentic) and running (lotic) waters differ fundamentally
in their stability and persistence, shaping the comparative population genetic structure …

We present a framework distinguishing three principal controls of speciation rate: rate of
splitting, level of persistence, and length of speciation duration. We contend that discussions …

Aim We compared the effects of recent shifts of northern range boundaries of odonates
adapted to either lentic (standing water) or lotic (running water) habitats in E urope. Lentic …

Long-lasting surface water in arid-lands provide oases for aquatic biota, but their values as
biological refugia have rarely been assessed. This study identified and mapped permanent …

Ongoing global climate change presents serious challenges in conservation biology, forcing
us to revisit previous tools and principles based on how species may respond to novel …