The Biology of Biodiversity

1 Species Diversity and Phylogeny.- 1. The Origin of Reproductive Isolation: Biological Mechanisms of Genetic Incompatibility.- 2. A Molecular Perspective on the Conservation of Diversity.- 3. Mitochondrial Molecular Clocks and the Origin of Euteleostean Biodiversity: Familial Radiation of Perciforms May Have Predated the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary.- 4. Molecular ?-Taxonomy of a Morphologically Simple Fern Asplenium nidus Complex from Mt. Halimun National Park, Indonesia.- 5. Adaptive Radiation, Dispersal, and Diversification of the Hawaiian Lobeliads.- 6. Phylogenetic Analyses of Large Data Sets: Approaches Using the Angiosperms.- 2 Ecological Biodiversity.- 7. The Theory and Practice of the Science of Biodiversity: A Personal Assessment.- 8. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes: Theory, Achievements and Future Directions.- 9. Creeping 'Fruitless Falls': Reproductive Failure in Heterostylous Plants in Fragmented Landscapes.- 10. Population Persistence and Community Diversity in a Naturally Patchy Landscape: Plants on Serpentine Soils.- 11. Patterns of Tree Species Diversity Among Tropical Rain Forests.- 12. Functional Differentiation and Positive Feedback Enhancing Plant Biodiversity.- 3 Development and Evolution.- 13. Developmental Genetics and the Diversity of Animal Form: Hox Genes in Arthropods.- 14. Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Origin and Evolution of Chordates.- 15. The Regulation of Dorsiventral Symmetry in Plants.- 16. Evolution of Reproductive Organs in Vascular Plants.- 4 Genetic Biodiversity.- 17. Genetic Diversity of Color Vision in Primates.- 18. Avian Evolution During the Pleistocene in North America.- 19. Genetic Diversity of Human Populations in Eastern Asia.- 20. Human Diversity and Its History.