Biogeography by revelation: investigating a world shaped by miracles

Panbiogeography, its critics, and the case of the ratite birds

(2015) Michael Heads   AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Pushing Your Luck

(2014) Paul P. A. Mazza   BIOSCIENCE

Phylogeographic pattern of Rhizophora (Rhizophoraceae) reveals the importance of both vicariance and long-distance oceanic dispersal to modern mangrove distribution

(2014) Eugenia YY Lo et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe

(2014) E. Figueiredo et al.   BOTHALIA

Overseas dispersal ofHyperoliusreed frogs from Central Africa to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe

(2014) Rayna C. Bell et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Older than the islands: origin and diversification of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae:Phyllodactylus) by multiple colonizations

(2014) Omar Torres-Carvajal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Diversification in an Afro-Asian songbird clade (Erythropygia–Copsychus) reveals founder-event speciation via trans-oceanic dispersals and a southern to northern colonization pattern in Africa

(2014) Gary Voelker et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Tree hitched a ride to island

(2014) Emma Marris   NATURE

Relatedness defies biogeography: the tale of two island endemics (Acacia heterophyllaandA. koa)

(2014) Johannes J. Le Roux et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Population Genetics of the São Tomé Caecilian (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae: Schistometopum thomense) Reveals Strong Geographic Structuring

(2014) Ricka E. Stoelting et al.   PLoS One

Flying rocks and flying clocks: disparity in fossil and molecular dates for birds

(2014) D. T. Ksepka et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution

(2014) K. J. Mitchell et al.   SCIENCE

The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life.—By Alan de Queiroz.

(2014) David A. Morrison   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Model Selection in Historical Biogeography Reveals that Founder-Event Speciation Is a Crucial Process in Island Clades

(2014) Nicholas J. Matzke   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Beyond fossil calibrations: realities of molecular clock practices in evolutionary biology

(2014) Christy A. Hipsley et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Strong genetic structure over the American continents and transoceanic dispersal in the mangrove genus Rhizophora (Rhizophoraceae) revealed by broad-scale nuclear and chloroplast DNA analysis

(2013) Koji Takayama et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Uncovering historical signature of mitochondrial DNA hidden in the nuclear genome: the biogeography ofSchistocercarevisited

(2013) Hojun Song et al.   CLADISTICS

The position of Madagascar within Gondwana and its movements during Gondwana dispersal

(2013) Colin Reeves   JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

Geomorphometry and processes that built Necker Ridge, central North Pacific Ocean

(2013) James V. Gardner et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals

(2013) Kieren J. Mitchell et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Biogeography Off the Tracks

(2013) Jonathan M. Waters et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance – molecular calibrations versus the fossil record

(2013) Gerald Mayr   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Stenosternus Karsch, a possible link between Neotropical and Afrotropical Orphninae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

(2013) Andrey Frolov   ZooKeys

Comparative phylogenetic analysis reveals long-term isolation of lineages on the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand

(2012) Thomas R. Buckley et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Phylogenetic analyses ofTolpisAdans. (Asteraceae) reveal patterns of adaptive radiation, multiple colonization and interspecific hybridization

(2012) Michael Gruenstaeudl et al.   CLADISTICS

Stochastic faunal exchanges drive diversification in widespread Wallacean and Pacific island lizards (Squamata: Scincidae:Lamprolepis smaragdina)

(2012) Charles W. Linkem et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Dynamic colonization exchanges between continents and islands drive diversification in paradise-flycatchers (Terpsiphone , Monarchidae)

(2012) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Bayesian transmogrification of clade divergence dates: a critique

(2012) Michael Heads   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

A dated phylogeny of the papaya family (Caricaceae) reveals the crop’s closest relatives and the family’s biogeographic history

(2012) Fernanda Antunes Carvalho et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka

(2012) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Lessons from Plectocephalus (Compositae, Cardueae-Centaureinae): ITS disorientation in annuals and Beringian dispersal as revealed by molecular analyses

(2011) A. Susanna et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia’s arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura)

(2011) Mitzy Pepper et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multibeam bathymetric surveys of submarine volcanoes and mega-pockmarks on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand

(2011) JA Collins et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

HOW LARGE IS THE SEAMOUNT BIOME?

(2011) Peter Etnoyer et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Testing the Impact of Calibration on Molecular Divergence Times Using a Fossil-Rich Group: The Case of Nothofagus (Fagales)

(2011) Hervé Sauquet et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Hygrochastic capsule dehiscence supports safe site strategies in New Zealand alpine Veronica (Plantaginaceae)

(2010) Gesine Pufal et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Young volcanism in the Borborema Province, NE Brazil, shows no evidence for a trace of the Fernando de Noronha plume on the continent

(2010) Kurt M. Knesel et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and trans-Indian Ocean dispersal in the small Gondwanan Laurales family Hernandiaceae

(2010) Ingo Michalak et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

A reconstruction of Palaeo-Macaronesia, with particular reference to the long-term biogeography of the Atlantic island laurel forests

(2010) José María Fernández-Palacios et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities

(2010) Stuart V. Nielsen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents

(2010) Jason R. Ali et al.   NATURE

Late-Cenozoic origin and diversification of Chatham Islands endemic plant species revealed by analyses of DNA sequence data

(2010) PB Heenan et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY

An uncorrelated relaxed-clock analysis suggests an earlier origin for flowering plants

(2010) S. A. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Old Taxa on Young Islands: A Critique of the Use of Island Age to Date Island-Endemic Clades and Calibrate Phylogenies

(2010) Michael Heads   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The dating game: a reply to Heads (2010)

(2010) Anjali Goswami et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

The maximum age of Hawaiian terrestrial lineages: geological constraints from Kōko Seamount

(2009) David A. Clague et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

New Zealand phylogeography: evolution on a small continent

(2009) GRAHAM P. WALLIS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)

(2009) David G. Chapple et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of living caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

(2009) Peng Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Complex patterns of continental speciation: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of sub-Saharan puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachus)

(2009) Breda M. Zimkus et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Synopsis of the genusMitriostigma(Rubiaceae) with a new monocaulous species from south Cameroon

(2009) Bonaventure Sonké et al.   NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Tinamous and Moa Flock Together: Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Analysis Reveals Independent Losses of Flight among Ratites

(2009) Matthew J. Phillips et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Evolution and biogeography of primates: a new model based on molecular phylogenetics, vicariance and plate tectonics

(2009) Michael Heads   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

The Waipounamu Erosion Surface: questioning the antiquity of the New Zealand land surface and terrestrial fauna and flora

(2008) C. A. LANDIS et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

Origin and post-colonization evolution of the Chatham Islands skink (Oligosoma nigriplantare nigriplantare)

(2008) LIBBY LIGGINS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Colonization and diversification of Galapagos terrestrial fauna: a phylogenetic and biogeographical synthesis

(2008) C. E Parent et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events

(2008) H. Schaefer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Maximum Likelihood Inference of Geographic Range Evolution by Dispersal, Local Extinction, and Cladogenesis

(2008) Richard H. Ree et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY