Regional phylogeographical studies involving co‐distributed animal and plant species have
been conducted for several areas, most notably for Europe and the Pacific Northwest of …

Ecological niche models (ENMs) provide a means of characterizing the spatial distribution of
suitable conditions for species, and have recently been applied to the challenge of locating …

In a landmark comparative phylogeographic study,“Comparative phylogeography of
unglaciated eastern North America,” Soltis et al.(Molecular Ecology, 2006, 15, 4261) …

In intraspecific studies, reticulated graphs are valuable tools for visualization, within a single
figure, of alternative genealogical pathways among haplotypes. As available software …

Tertiary geological events and Quaternary climatic fluctuations have been proposed as
important factors of speciation in the North American flora and fauna. Few studies, however …

The southeastern Nearctic is a biodiversity hotspot that is also rich in cryptic species.
Numerous hypotheses (eg, vicariance, local adaptation, and Pleistocene speciation in …

Dynamic climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene had profound effects on the
distributions of species across North America. Although the role of historical climate change …

One of the most widely distributed bats in the New World, the big brown bat (Eptesicus
fuscus) exhibits well‐documented geographic variation in morphology and life history traits …

Marine invertebrates with high larval dispersal capacity typically exhibit low degrees of
population differentiation, which reflects both contemporary and historical processes. We …

Whether the Pleistocene has had a disproportionate impact on the recent diversification of
temperate species, or played a lesser role in a more protracted process, has been a …