Cichlid fishes are hypothesized to encompass several independent adaptive radiations that
display increased diversification rates and impressive ecological heterogeneity. Here, I …

Adaptive radiation plays a fundamental role in our understanding of the evolutionary
process. However, the concept has provoked strong and differing opinions concerning its …

Colonization of novel habitats can result in marked phenotypic responses to the new
environment that include changes in body shape and opportunities for further morphological …

Fundamental to understanding how biodiversity arises and adapts is whether evolution is
predictable in the face of stochastic genetic and demographic factors. Here we show rapid …

Tropical reef fishes are widely regarded as being perhaps the most morphologically diverse
vertebrate assemblage on earth, yet much remains to be discovered about the scope and …

Many generalist species consist of specialised individuals that use different resources. This
within‐population niche variation can stabilise population and community dynamics …

Parallel adaptive radiations have arisen following the colonization of islands by lizards and
lakes by fishes. In these classic examples, parallel adaptive radiation is a response to the …

Rapid ecological speciation along depth gradients has taken place repeatedly in freshwater
fishes, yet molecular mechanisms facilitating such diversification are typically unclear. In …

Repeated adaptive ecological diversification has commonly been reported in fish and has
often been associated with trophic niche diversity. The main goal of this study was to …

Evolutionary comparisons between major environmental divides, such as between marine
and freshwater systems, can reveal the fundamental processes governing diversification …