Abstract The East African Rift System transects the anomalously high-elevation Ethiopian
and East African plateaux that together form part of the 6,000-km-long African superswell …

The modern vegetation of East Africa is a complex mosaic of rainforest patches; small
islands of tropic‐alpine vegetation; extensive savannas, ranging from almost pure grassland …

Background We review genealogical relationships, biogeographic patterns and broad
historical drivers of speciation within the Bathyergidae, a group of endemic African rodents …

This article investigates how, where, and to what extent the mineralogical and chemical
composition of sand-sized sediments is modified by extreme weathering in modern …

With its exceptionally steep topography, wet climate, and active faulting, landslides can be
expected to occur in the Rwenzori Mountains. Whether or not this region is prone to …

The mechanisms by which climate and vegetation affect erosion rates over various time
scales lie at the heart of understanding landscape response to climate change. Plot-scale …

The geobiotic history of landscapes can exhibit controls by tectonics over biotic evolution.
This causal relationship positions ecologically specialized species as biotic indicators to …

Gigantism and dwarfism evolve in vertebrates restricted to islands. We describe four new
species in the Rhinolophus hildebrandtii species-complex of horseshoe bats, whose …

The inhabited zone of the Ugandan Rwenzori Mountains is affected by landslides, frequently
causing loss of life, damage to infrastructure and loss of livelihood. This area of ca. 1230 km …

Background Cichlids are a prime model system in evolutionary research and several of the
most prominent examples of adaptive radiations are found in the East African Lakes …