Abstract Aim In Taiwan island, recent land‐bridge and oversea dispersal after the appearance of proto‐Taiwan (<6.5 Ma) is responsible for its biodiversity assembly. Radiations have also been widely reported in mountain systems. The tempo‐spatial route to floral hotspot was determined through a meta‐analysis evolution endemic plants. Location island adjacent regions. Taxon Seed Methods Publis...

A regional study is performed for the Amazonian species of the genus Microcentrum Scudder, 1862, its proposed Microcentrum punctifrons Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 as nomen dubium n. stat. and two new species are described: Microcentrum amacayacu Cadena-Casteñada, Sovano n. sp. and Microcentrum xavieri Sovano, Cadena-Casteñada n. sp. the Colombian and Brazilian Amazon, respectively. A list and a...

Faith et al. (2003) strongly criticize our paper (Posadas et al. 2001). Their criticisms are based on what they consider our “ill definitions” and “erroneous applications” of the words complementarity, endemism, and biodiversity. The objectives of our reply to Faith et al. are to demonstrate that their criticisms do not satisfy epistemological and methodological tenets and to compare some aspec...

The Far East of Russia is a region where boreal and tropical faunas mix; it also zone cladoceran endemism. present study aimed to compare set microcrustacean (Cladocera Copepoda) associations in three large lakes the Russian East: Khanka, Bolon, Chukchagir. microcrustaceans were identified based on function discrete hypergeometric distribution. Many 108 taxa found here unaffiliated with an asso...