Dispersal costs can be classified into energetic, time, risk and opportunity costs and may be
levied directly or deferred during departure, transfer and settlement. They may equally be …

Recent climate projections indicate substantial environmental alterations in oceanic island
regions during the 21st century, setting up profound threats to insular floras. Inherent …

We urgently need to predict species responses to climate change to minimize future
biodiversity loss and ensure we do not waste limited resources on ineffective conservation …

The evolution and diversification of ancient megathermal angiosperm lineages with Africa-
India origins in Asian tropical forests is poorly understood because of the lack of reliable …

Oceanic islands are storehouses for unique creatures. Zoologists have long been fascinated
by island animals because they break all the rules. Speedy, nervous, little birds repeatedly …

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Cirsium arvense that are
relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are …

Dispersal of pollen and seeds are essential functions of plant species, with far-reaching
demographic, ecological and evolutionary consequences. Interest in plant dispersal has …

The effects of habitat fragmentation on plant population genetic structure and diversity are
relatively well studied. Yet, most of these studies used molecular tools focusing on neutral …

Aim The loss of dispersal on islands hypothesis (LDIH) posits that wind‐dispersed plants
should exhibit reduced dispersal potential, particularly if island populations are old. In this …

The evolution of island syndromes has long served as a model to understand the
mechanisms accounting for phenotypic differentiation. Combining literature data with actual …