This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Background Accurate delimitation of plant pathogenic fungi is critical for the establishment of
quarantine regulations, screening for genetic resistance to plant pathogens, and the study of …

We apply a comparative framework to test for concerted demographic changes in response
to climate shifts in the neotropical lowland forests, learning from the past to inform …

Abstract Aim The Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EABH) offers an ideal location
to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms producing a high level of endemic biodiversity …

Abstract Background and Aims Throughout the Cenozoic, Africa underwent several climatic
and geological changes impacting the evolution of tropical rain forests (TRFs). African TRFs …

Abstract The Eastern African Afromontane forest is getting increased attention in
conservation studies because of its high endemicity levels and shrinking geographic …

Identifying units of biological diversity is a major goal of organismal biology. An increasing
literature has focused on the importance of cryptic diversity, defined as the presence of …

Aim Grammomys are mostly arboreal rodents occurring in forests, woodlands and thickets
throughout sub‐Saharan Africa. We investigated whether the divergence events within the …

Wood mice of the genus Hylomyscus, are small-sized rodents widely distributed in lowland
and montane rainforests in tropical Africa, where they can be locally abundant. Recent …