Abstract The Amazon Basin harbors one of the richest biotas on Earth, such that a number of
diversification hypotheses have been formulated to explain patterns of Amazonian …

The development of a genomics-derived discipline within geology is timely, as a result of
major advances in acquiring and processing geologically relevant genetic data. This paper …

Open vegetation (campinas and campinaranas) associated with white sand patches occurs
in the form of islands in a forested matrix throughout the Amazon basin. Bird species …

Kinosternon is the most speciose genus of extant turtles, with 22 currently recognized
species, distributed across large parts of the Americas. Most species have small …

Vicariance is the simplest explanation for divergence between sister lineages separated by
a potential barrier, and the northern Andes would seem to provide an ideal example of a …

White‐sand vegetation (WSV) harbors a unique avifauna within Amazonia, including
species with patchy distributions. The history of these species' populations is likely related to …

Wide‐ranging species are seldom considered conservation priorities, yet they have the
potential to harbour genetically deeply differentiated units across environments or ecological …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is the most diverse savanna in the world. Phylogeographical
patterns for Cerrado tree species are relatively congruent; however, the causes of these …

Aim The effects of past climatic shifts remain enigmatic for the Amazon region, especially for
islands of savanna within the tropical forest known as “Amazonian savannas”(AS). These …

The objective of our study was to review and quantify the level of knowledge of the biology of
tortoise and freshwater turtle species of Colombia based on studies conducted in the …