Evolution in Action

1. Rapid Radiations and Neoendemism in the Madagascan Biodiversity Hotspot
Harald Schneider, Thomas Janssen, Nadia Byrstiakova, Jochen Heinrichs, Sabine Hennequin, France Rakotondrainibe

2. Rapid Radiation in the Barley Genus Hordeum (Poaceae) During the Pleistocene in the Americas
Frank R. Blattner, Thekla Pleines, Sabine S. Jakob

3. Studying Adaptive Radiation at the Molecular Level: A Case Study in the Macaronesian Crassulaceae-Sempervivoideae
Mike Thiv, Korinna Esfeld, Marcus Koch

4. Key Innovations Versus Key Opportunities: Identifying Causes of Rapid Radiations in Derived Ferns
Harald Schneider, Hans-Peter Kreier, Thomas Janssen, Elisabeth Otto, Haiko Muth, Jochen Heinrichs

5. Evolution of the Mating System in the Genus Capsella (Brassicaceae)
Melanie Paetsch, Sara Mayland-Quellhorst, Herbert Hurka, Barbara Neuffer

6. Pollinator-Driven Speciation in Sexually Deceptive Orchids of the Genus Ophrys

Manfred Ayasse, Julia Gögler, Johannes Stökl

7. Population Genetics of Speciation and Demographic Inference Under Population Subdivision: Insights from Studies on Wild Tomatoes (Solanum sect. Lycopersicon)
Wolfgang Stephan, Thomas Städler

8. Genetic Diversity, Evolution and Domestication of Wheat and Barley in the Fertile Crescent
Benjamin Kilian, William Martin, Francesco Salamini

9. Mechanisms of Speciation in Southeast Asian Ant-Plants of the Genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae)
Kurt Weising, Daniela Guicking, Christina Fey-Wagner, Tim Kröger-Kilian, Tina Wöhrmann, Wiebke Dorstewitz, Gudrun Bänfer, Ute Moog, Miriam Vogel, Christina Baier, Frank R. Blattner, Brigitte Fiala

10. Speciation in Obligately Plant-Associated Crematogaster Ants: Host Distribution Rather than Adaption Towards Specific Hosts Drives the Process
Heike Feldhaar, Jürgen Gadau, Brigitte Fiala

11. Radiation, Biological Diversity and Host–Parasite Interactions in Wild Roses, Rust Fungi and Insects
Annette Kohnen, Roland Brandl, Roman Fricke, Friederike Gallenmüller, Katrin Klinge, Ines Köhnen, Wolfgang Maier, Franz Oberwinkler, Christiane Ritz, Thomas Speck, Günter Theissen, Teja Tscharntke, Andrea Vaupel, Volker Wissemann

12. Speciation via Differential Host–Plant Use in the Tephritid Fly Tephritis conura

Jes Johannesen, Thorsten Diegisser, Alfred Seitz

13. Solar Powered Seaslugs (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda, Mollusca): Incorporation of Photosynthetic Units: A Key Character Enhancing Radiation?
Heike Wägele, Michael J. Raupach, Ingo Burghardt, Yvonne Grzymbowski, Katharina Händeler

14. Are Cuticular Hydrocarbons Involved in Speciation of Fungus-Growing Termites (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae)?
Andreas Marten, Manfred Kaib, Roland Brandl

15. Electric Organ Discharge Divergence Promotes Ecological Speciation in Sympatrically Occurring African Weakly Electric Fish (Campylomormyrus)
Ralph Tiedemann, Philine G. D. Feulner, Frank Kirschbaum

16. Ongoing Phenotypic and Genotypic Diversification in Adaptively Radiated Freshwater Crabs from Jamaica
Christoph D. Schubart, Tobias Weil, Jesper T. Stenderup, Keith A. Crandall, Tobias Santl

17. The Herring Gull Complex (Larus argentatus - fuscus - cachinnans) as a Model Group for Recent Holarctic Vertebrate Radiations
Dorit Liebers-Helbig, Viviane Sternkopf, Andreas J. Helbig, Peter Knijff

18. Genetic Divergence and Evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Eastern Mediterranean Water Frogs
Jörg Plötner, Thomas Uzzell, Peter Beerli, Çiğdem Akın, C. Can Bilgin, Cornelia Haefeli, Torsten Ohst, Frank Köhler, Robert Schreiber, Gaston-Denis Guex, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Rob Westaway, Heinz-Ulrich Reyer, Nicolas Pruvost, Hansjürg Hotz

19. Inferring Multiple Corsican Limax (Pulmonata: Limacidae) Radiations: A Combined Approach Using Morphology and Molecules
Barbara Nitz, Gerhard Falkner, Gerhard Haszprunar

20. Palaeogeography or Sexual Selection: Which Factors Promoted Cretan Land Snail Radiations?
Jan Sauer, Bernhard Hausdorf

21. Non-Ecological Radiations in Acoustically Communicating Grasshoppers?
Frieder Mayer, Dirk Berger, Brigitte Gottsberger, Wolfram Schulze

22. Beyond Sympatric Speciation: Radiation of Sailfin Silverside Fishes in the Malili Lakes (Sulawesi)
Fabian Herder, Ulrich K. Schliewen

23. The Species Flocks of the Viviparous Freshwater Gastropod Tylomelania (Mollusca: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the Ancient Lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia: The Role of Geography, Trophic Morphology and Color as Driving Forces in Adaptive Radiation
Thomas Rintelen, Kristina Rintelen, Matthias Glaubrecht

24. Speciation and Radiation in a River: Assessing the Morphological and Genetic Differentiation in a Species Flock of Viviparous Gastropods (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)
Frank Köhler, Somsak Panha, Matthias Glaubrecht

25. The Neglected Side of the Coin: Non-adaptive Radiations in Spring Snails (Bythinella spp.)
Thomas Wilke, Mandy Benke, Martin Brändle, Christian Albrecht, Jean-Michel Bichain

Keywords: Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity