Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed
a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale …

Different models of speciation predict contrasting patterns in the relationship between the
dispersal ability of lineages and their diversification rates. This relationship is expected to be …

Sufficient breadth of taxon sampling in major organisms groups is important to identify more
realistic biological diversification processes that reveal the degree of historical …

Todiramphus chloris is the most widely distributed of the Pacific's 'great speciators'. Its 50
subspecies constitute a species complex that is distributed over 16 000 km from the Red …

Dispersal ability is a key factor in determining insular distributions and island community
composition, yet non-vagile terrestrial organisms widely occur on oceanic islands. The …

The causes of population divergence in vagile groups remain a paradox in evolutionary
biology: dispersive species should be able to colonize new areas, a prerequisite for …

The ability of lineages to disperse over evolutionary timescales may be influenced by the
gain or loss of traits after adaptation to new ecological conditions. For example, rails (Aves …

Aim Range disjunctions are frequent in birds, but the relative roles of vicariance and long‐
distance dispersal in producing them are debated. Odontophorid quail are widespread in …

Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand provides the first in-depth treatment of the
biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to …

Insular evolution on archipelagos generates a significant proportion of global biodiversity,
yet islands are among the ecosystems most sensitive to accelerating anthropogenic …