It is widely recognized that macroecological patterns are not independent of the evolution of
the lineages involved in generating these patterns. While many researchers have begun to …

Studies of active personal networks have primarily focused on providing reliable estimates
of the size of the network. In this study, we examine how compositional properties of the …

Habitat fragmentation and land conversion by humans for agricultural purposes are constant
threats to conservation of biodiversity in the Cerrado biome. These landscapes dominated …

Aim To describe the geographical pattern of mean body size of the non‐volant mammals of
the Nearctic and Neotropics and evaluate the influence of five environmental variables that …

ABSTRACT The Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) interval includes one of the most
dramatic intervals of biotic turnover in the Phanerozoic. Statistical evaluation of diversity …

In this paper, we present an introduction to primate biogeography at a continental level and
then review the literature as it pertains to primate studies. Primate species diversity is …

Aim The size of the climatic niche of a species is a major factor determining its distribution
and evolution. In particular, it has been proposed that niche width should be associated with …

One of the most general expectations of species range dynamics is that widespread species
tend to have broader niches. However, it remains unclear how this relationship is expressed …

Mammalian body mass strongly correlates with life history and population properties at the
scale of mouse to elephant. Large body size is thus often associated with elevated extinction …

Abstract Knowledge about the phylogenetic history, genetic variation and ecological
requirements of a species is important for its conservation and management. Unfortunately …