Colletotrichum is one of the most important plant pathogenic genera that is responsible for
numerous diseases which can have a profound impact on the agricultural sector. Species …

Three isolated areas of non-rainforested open woodland habitats, often collectively termed
'savanna', occur in eastern New Guinea and are here termed the Trans-Fly, Central Province …

With increasing pressure to extract minerals from the deep-sea bed, understanding the
ecological and evolutionary processes that limit the spatial distribution of species is critical to …

Ornamentation, such as the showy plumage of birds, is widespread among female
vertebrates, yet the evolutionary pressures shaping female ornamentation remain uncertain …

Aim Exchange of plant lineages between Australia and Southeast Asia has had a
substantial impact on the evolution of Australia's northern, tropical flora, with important …

Larks constitute an avian family of exceptional cryptic diversity and striking examples of
convergent evolution. Therefore, traditional morphology-based taxonomy has recurrently …

Understanding how environmental change has shaped species evolution can inform
predictions of how future climate change might continue to do so. Research of widespread …

The utility of islands as natural laboratories of evolution is exemplified in the patterns of
differentiation in widespread, phenotypically variable lineages. The whistlers (Aves …

The living Australasian marsupials are a highly diverse group, comprising four orders: the
Dasyuromorphia, Notoryctemorphia, Peramelemorphia, and Diprotodontia. Collectively …

Western New Guinea remains one of the last biologically underexplored regions of the
world, and much remains to be learned regarding the diversity and evolutionary history of its …