Christian Muñoz-escobar

1 Introduction Delimiting species is a fundamental task in organismal biology, critical for understanding the origins, maintenance, and conservation of biodiversity. As the basic unit in ecology, evolution, biogeography, and conservation, accurately defining species boundaries is essential (Riddle and Hafner 1999; Cracraft 2002).

• & ( ) Maps of potential biodiversity: when the tools for regional conservation planning clash with species ecological niches . Biodiversity and Conservation, , – . • , , , & ( ) Disentangling the effect of climate and human influence on distribution patterns of the darkling beetle Scotobius pilularius Germar, 1823 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) . Annales Zoologici, , – .

• ( ) Biogeography of the southern end of the world; distribution and history of far-southern life and land, with an assessment of continental drift . : Harvard University Press. • & ( ) Impact of four silvicultural systems on birds in the Belgian Ardenne: implications for biodiversity in plantation forests . Biodiversity and Conservation, , – . • , , , , & ( ) Living near the edge: being close to mature forest increases the rate of succession in beetle communities . Ecological Applications, , – .