The systematic biology of the palm family (Arecaceae) is probably better known than that of
any other tropical plant family of comparable size. As a result, the palms are now regarded …

Although tropical rain forests represent the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on the
planet, the three main rain forest regions (Neotropics, South-East Asia and continental …

The complex island archipelagoes of Wallacea and Melanesia have provided empirical data
behind integral theories in evolutionary biology, including allopatric speciation and island …

With its large proportion of endemic taxa, complex geological past, and location at the
confluence of the highly diverse Malesian and Australian floristic regions, Papuasia–the …

Abstract The Sunda Arc forms an almost continuous chain of islands and thus a potential
dispersal corridor between mainland Southeast Asia and Melanesia. However, the Sunda …

In this paper we suggest a new rule for parent selection in genetic algorithms inspired by
natural evolutionary processes. The new rule is simple to implement in any genetic or hybrid …

Aim Forest composition and distribution are determined by a myriad of factors, including
climate. As models of tropical rain forest, palms are often used as indicator taxa, particularly …

The geology of the earth has shown profound changes in the position, connectivity and
topography of continents during the last 100 Myr, which could have shaped the …

Rapidly growing biological data—including molecular sequences and fossils—hold an
unprecedented potential to reveal how evolutionary processes generate and maintain …

One hundred and fifty years after Alfred Wallace studied the geographical variation and
species diversity of butterflies in the Indomalayan-Australasian Archipelago, the processes …