Density-dependent processes play a key role in the spatial structuring of biodiversity.
Specifically, interrelated demographic processes, such as gene surfing, high-density …

Phylogeography, born to bridge population genetics and phylogenetics in an explicit
geographic context, has provided a successful platform for unveiling species evolutionary …

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

The older history of hybrid zones is explored through consideration of recent advances in
climatology, paleontology and phylogeography in the Late Cenozoic, particularly the …

Macaronesia is a biogeographical region comprising five Atlantic Oceanic archipelagos: the
Azores, Madeira, Selvagen (Savage Islands), Canaries and Cape Verde. It has strong …

▪ Abstract Islands have traditionally been considered to be any relatively small body of land
completely surrounded by water. However, their primary biological characteristic, an …

The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries.
The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves …

" Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive
treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary biogeography. Evolutionary …

By their very nature oceanic island ecosystems offer great opportunities for the study of
evolution and have for a long time been recognized as natural laboratories for studying …

Vicariance biogeography emerged several decades ago from the fusion of cladistics and
plate tectonics, and quickly came to dominate historical biogeography. The field has since …