Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark
studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. In How and Why …

Colonization, speciation and extinction are dynamic processes that influence global patterns
of species richness,,,,–. Island biogeography theory predicts that the contribution of these …

The systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea are reviewed, focusing on studies of
relationships among families and within genera, more superficially on taxonomic studies at …

Factors that influence speciation rates among groups of organisms are integral to
deciphering macroevolutionary processes; however, they remain poorly understood. Here …

Adaptive radiation is the rapid diversification of a single lineage into many species that
inhabit a variety of environments or use a variety of resources and differ in traits required to …

The avifauna of New Zealand is taxonomically and ecologically distinctive, as is typical of
island biotas. However, the potential for an old geological age of New Zealand has …

A corollary of island biogeographical theory is that islands are largely colonized from their
nearest mainland source. Despite Madagascar's extreme isolation from India and proximity …

The babblers are a diverse group of passerine birds comprising 452 species. The group was
long regarded as a “scrap basket” in taxonomic classification schemes. Although several …

Analyses of phylogenetic topology and estimates of divergence timing have facilitated a
reconstruction of Madagascar's colonization events by vertebrate animals, but that …