Abstract During the last 15–20 years, phylogenetic, phylogeographic, paleontological,
geological, and habitat modeling studies have improved our knowledge of Sundaic …

Exposure of the presently submerged continental shelf of Southeast Asia during low sea-
level stands of the Quaternary is thought to be deeply involved in the biogeographic …

Asian tropical forests are amongst the most diverse on the planet, a richness that belies the
fact that they are dominated by a single family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae. Many other …

The field of plant population ecology has advanced considerably in the last decade since
the first edition was published. In particular there have been substantial and ongoing …

Sundaland, the inundated shelf separating Java, Sumatra and Borneo from the Malay
Peninsula, is of exceptional interest to biogeographers for its species richness and its …

Hyperdiverse tropical rainforests, such as the aseasonal forests in Southeast Asia, are
supported by high annual rainfall. Its canopy is dominated by the species-rich tree family of …

Abstract South‐East Asia covers four of the world's biodiversity hotspots, showing high
species diversity and endemism. Owing to the successive expansion and contraction of …

Medieval Arab traders, bartering for forest products with indigenous tribes along the
unending coastlines of the Malesian archipelago were first to recognise the value of the …

Dipterocarpoideae, the largest subfamily in the Meranti family (Dipterocarpaceae) are an
ecologically dominant group of trees throughout much of wet tropical Asia. Increasing …

The hyperdiverse shrew genus Crocidura is one of few small mammal genera distributed
across Sundaland and all of its boundaries. This represents a rare opportunity to study the …