The exceptional levels of biodiversity found today in the American tropics are the outcome of
tens of millions of years of evolution, shaped by the tumultuous geological history of the …

In biogeography, vicariance and long‐distance dispersal are often characterised as
competing scenarios. However, they are related concepts, both relying on collective …

Over the past three decades, the hypothesized mid‐Cenozoic GAARlandia walkway (34±1
Ma) has featured prominently in discussions on Caribbean biogeography. However, a …

Scientists recognize the Caribbean archipelago as a biodiversity hotspot and employ it for
their research as a natural laboratory. Yet they do not always appreciate that these …

Premise The Caribbean islands are in the top five biodiversity hotspots on the planet;
however, the biogeographic history of the seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) there is …

Combining morphological and molecular characters through Bayesian total-evidence dating
allows inferring the phylogenetic and timescale framework of both extant and fossil taxa …

The Neotropical region is the most diverse on the planet, largely owing to its mosaic of
tropical rainforests. Multiple tectonic and climatic processes have been hypothesized to …

Abstract The Greater Antilles are renowned as a biodiversity hotspot and known to be
geologically complex, which has led, in part, to the generation of organismal diversity in this …

This perspective identifies the grand challenges in arachnid science: 1. Grasp the arachnid
species diversity. There is a need to accelerate taxonomic research to obtain a sense of …

Leptonetidae are tiny, rarely encountered spiders that mainly inhabit moist environments,
such as caves, leaf litter, and rock piles. Because they are microhabitat specialists, most …