Charles Darwin's travels on HMS Beagle taught him that islands are an important source of
evidence for evolution. Because many islands are young and have relatively few species …

A recurring feature of oceanic archipelagos is the presence of adaptive radiations that
generate endemic, species-rich clades that can offer outstanding insight into the links …

Physical Biology of the Cell is a textbook for a first course in physical biology or biophysics
for undergraduate or graduate students. It maps the huge and complex landscape of cell …

From evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen, a book that will make you see yourself and
the world around you in an entirely new way* Carrion crows in the Japanese city of Sendai …

Neotropical Biogeography: Regionalization and Evolution presents the most comprehensive
single-source treatment of the Neotropical region derived from evolutionary biogeographic …

Remote island archipelagos offer superb opportunities to study the evolution of community
assembly because of their relatively young and simple communities where speciation …

Darwin's finches are a classic example of adaptive radiation. The ecological diversity of the
Galápagos in part explains that radiation, but the fact that other founder species did not …

Molecular-based divergence dating methods, or molecular clocks, are the primary
neontological tool for estimating the temporal origins of clades. While the appropriate use of …

Abstract The Hawaiian silversword alliance (Asteraceae) is an iconic adaptive radiation.
However, like many island plant lineages, no fossils have been assigned to the clade. As a …

The paleogeography of the Galápagos Archipelago is examined in light of a modern
understanding of regional geology, eustatic sea level changes, and volcano subsidence …