Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds presents an up-to-date classification of
Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of …

The phylogeny of the thrushes (Aves: Turdus) has been difficult to reconstruct due to short
internal branches and lack of node support for certain parts of the tree. Reconstructing the …

Gene tree paraphyly is a potentially serious problem because many phylogenetic and
phylogeographic studies assume species are monophyletic. Funk and Omland (Funk, DJ …

Aim The geological evolution of the Mediterranean region is largely the result of the Tertiary
collision of the African and Eurasian Plates, but also a mosaic of migrating island arcs …

ABSTRACT The BOURC Taxonomic Sub-committee (TSC) recently published
recommendations for the taxonomy of the Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull …

Analyses of phylogenetic topology and estimates of divergence timing have facilitated a
reconstruction of Madagascar's colonization events by vertebrate animals, but that …

Generally, genotypes and phenotypes are expected to be spatially congruent; however, in
widespread species complexes with few barriers to dispersal, multiple contact zones, and …

Add (N) a er Pterodroma phaeopygia Galapagos Petrel, which was changed from Dark-
rumped Petrel in the 43rd Supplement (Banks et al. 2002: 898); Remove (H) from Bulweria …

Aim Montane tropics are areas of high endemism, and mechanisms driving this endemism
have been receiving increasing attention at a global scale. A general trend is that climatic …