Plant and animal biogeography has a long empirical and ... programme that looks set to offer insights into microbial evolution and ecology, in whichever complex ways “everything is everywhere ...

For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule.

Int J Plant Sci 165(suppl):S35–S54. Givnish TJ, KJ Sytsma, JF Smith, WS Hahn 1995 Molecular evolution, adaptive radiation, and geographic speciation in Cyanea (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae). Pages ...

The study, published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, ... New research by Swansea University and the University of Zurich has found that sharks retained high levels of functional ...

Dispersal biogeography focuses on the movement of ... Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15, 70-76 (2000). Hillebrand, H. On the generality of the latitudinal diversity gradient. The American ...

Focus: Using molecular data to understand a large radiation of passerine birds Funding: Marie Curie Fellowship We are using molecular data to understand a large radiation of passerine birds, the core ...

"Right now, we don't know how well existing antivenoms work against these island venoms—but our research is helping to change that," Margres said. More information: Samuel Hirst et al, Island ...

Darwin, Wallace and the other 19th century naturalists who traveled widely were fascinated by the distribution of animals and plants in their habitats around the world. Why do the Galapagos ...

Phylogenetics, systematics, and biogeography deal with the identifying, classifying, and understanding the relationships among organisms, including their geographical extent. Methods range from ...

are "natural laboratories of biogeography evolution," the study authors say. With highly diversified organisms in this region, scientists say some species, including tarantulas, have developed ...

Scientists have discovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant fossil in Brazil, shedding new light on the early evolution and global spread of ants.