To unravel the complex shared history of the Earth and its life forms, biogeographers
analyze patterns of biodiversity, species distribution, and geological history. So far, the field …

Anyone interested in comparative biology or the history of science will find this myth-busting
work genuinely fascinating. It draws attention to the seminal studies and important advances …

Many modern paleobiological analyses are conducted at the generic level, a practice
predicated on the validity of genera as meaningful proxies for species. Uncritical application …

The study of the historical biogeography of butterflies has been hampered by a lack of well-
resolved phylogenies and a good estimate of the temporal span over which butterflies have …

A new classification of the subtribe Lychnophorinae is proposed based on the results of
phylogenetic analyses. The subtribes Centratherinae and Sipolisiinae are synonyms of …

Biological nomenclature is an essential tool for storing and retrieving biological information.
Yet traditional nomenclature poorly reflects evolutionary theory. Current biological …

Notarchirico is at a nodal point in time and space for understanding the settlement of Europe
in terms of migration or in situ evolution. Former technological analyses have not shown …

Este libro proporciona una introducción teórica y práctica a la sistemática para estudiantes
de ciencias biológicas, que incluye conceptos básicos, aspectos históricos y filosóficos …

The phylogenetic history of rudist bivalves is reviewed using a cladistic analysis based on
41 morphological shell characters and a new topology is proposed. A novel approach to …

A phylogenetic hypotesis of American Vernonieae based on three molecular regions (ITS,
ndhF, rpl32-trnL) and on a morphological dataset reveals the existence of four main …