Aim: To test the importance of evolutionary and biogeographical processes in shaping the assembly of local frog communities in two adjacent regions (hereafter, coastal and inland regions) with different historical signatures. ...

Many tropical organisms show large genetic differences among populations, yet the prevalent drivers of the underlying divergence processes are incompletely understood. We explored the effect of several habitat and natural ...

Background: Corneal topography is a no-invasive image technique that draw de curve, shape and characteristics of corneal surface. Corneal topographic indices are quantitative parameters that assess the optical quality and ...

Aim: Effective conservation policies rely on information about population genetic structure and the connectivity of remnants of suitable habitats. The interaction between natural and anthropogenic discontinuities across ...

Mountains, often referred to as the world's water towers, play a vital role in global water distribution. They receive significant precipitations and redistribute these waters to lower regions, thereby sustaining a major ...

Macro-scale patterns of human systems ranging from population distribution to linguistic diversity have attracted recent attention, giving rise to the suggestion that macroecological rules shape the assembly of human ...

Mountain areas around the world cover less than 15% of global land surface; nevertheless, they concentrate around 90% of the hotspots of species diversity and 40% of the hotspots of endemism. Available evidence suggest ...

Montane climates are shaped by high spatial variability that depends on net radiation and synoptic weather, and much on elevation and topographic features of terrain. We measured near-ground meteorological variables using ...