The simplest theories often have much merit and many limitations, and, in this vein, the
value of neutral theory (NT) of biodiversity has been the subject of much debate over the …

The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted
the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our …

Despite their importance to host health and development, the communities of
microorganisms associated with humans and other animals are characterized by a large …

A number of approaches for studying macroevolution using phylogenetic trees have been
developed in the last few years. Here, we present RPANDA, an R package that implements …

Bayesian analysis of macroevolutionary mixtures (BAMM) is a statistical framework that uses
reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo to infer complex macroevolutionary dynamics of …

Understanding the origins of biodiversity has been an aspiration since the days of early
naturalists. The immense complexity of ecological, evolutionary, and spatial processes …

ABSTRACT Building the Tree of Life (ToL) is a major challenge of modern biology, requiring
advances in cyberinfrastructure, data collection, theory, and more. Here, we argue that …

Large-scale studies on community ecology are highly desirable but often difficult to
accomplish due to the considerable investment of time, labor and, money required to …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of Earth's most iconic biodiversity patterns and
still one of the most debated. Explanations for the LDG are often categorized into three …

Island biotas emerge from the interplay between colonisation, speciation and extinction and
are often the scene of spectacular adaptive radiations. A common assumption is that insular …