Aim Statistical model comparison has become common in historical biogeography, enabled
by the R package BioGeoBEARS, which implements several models in a common …

The ability of lineages to disperse long distances over evolutionary timescales may be
influenced by the gain or loss of traits adapted to enhance local, ecological dispersal. For …

Extinct haidomyrmecine" hell ants" are among the earliest ants known [1, 2]. These eusocial
Cretaceous taxa diverged from extant lineages prior to the most recent common ancestor of …

The spatial distribution of biomes has changed considerably over deep time, so the
geographical opportunity for an evolutionary lineage to shift into a new biome may depend …

Aim Are different fruit colours related to large‐scale patterns of dispersal, distribution and
diversification? Here, we investigate this question for the first time, using phylogenetic …

Tropical forests are experiencing increasing impacts from a multitude of anthropogenic
activities such as logging and conversion to agricultural use. These perturbations are …

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 The taxon cycle concept provides a geographically explicit and testable set of
hypotheses for exploring the evolutionary processes underlying the distribution of species in …

Abstract The genus Cryptopone Emery contains 25 species of litter and soil ants, 5 of which
occur in the Americas. Cryptopone gilva (Roger) occurs in the southeastern United States …

Aim Almost half of the extant species of Crocodylia (nine genera, sensu Benton & Clark)
belong to the genus Crocodylus, which originated in the Miocene. Today, this genus has a …