Frank E. Rheindt

This study shows that mangrove specialization drove speciation in a cryptic avian species complex by promoting reproductive isolation during Pleistocene refugial dynamics.

This study shows genetic introgression promotes diversification in Old World fruit bats by enabling trait sharing and hybrid speciation, with evidence from genomic analysis of 93 Cynopterus individuals.

The paper uses a niche-neutral model with a sequential sampling algorithm to analyze bird occurrence patterns on islands, identifying habitat diversity and immigration-rate variation as potential mechanisms.