Islands are geographically defined as land masses completely surrounded by water, and
island systems have been used as models for many biogeographic, ecological, and …

Abstract The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an ancient icon of both cultural and
scientific interest. The species is emblematic of the great civilizations of the Nile River valley …

Aim The species–area relationship (SAR) is widely used in conservation science to predict
the number of species likely to go extinct as a result of habitat loss. Often, studies employing …

Aim Oceanic islands represent a special challenge to historical biogeographers because
dispersal is typically the dominant process while most existing methods are based on …

A primary prerequisite for the preservation of global diversity is often assumed to be a high
level of naturalness. This paper reports a synthesis of naturalness definitions, distinctions …

Worldwide loss of biodiversity necessitates a clear understanding of the factors driving
population declines as well as informed predictions about which species and populations …

High‐throughput sequencing data have greatly improved our ability to understand the
processes that contribute to current biodiversity patterns. The “vanishing refuge” …

The influence of climate change on hominin evolution is much debated. Two issues hamper
our understanding of this process: the limited hominin fossil record, and incomplete …

Species occurrence patterns, and related processes of persistence, colonization and
turnover, are increasingly being used to infer habitat suitability, predict species distributions …

Aim Wallacea, the vast oceanic boundary between the Oriental and Australian regions,
contains 122 true nectarivorous bird species. It is the contact zone of the Oriental sunbirds …