Ecology and historical (phylogeny-based) biogeography have much to offer one another, but
exchanges between these fields have been limited. Historical biogeography has become
narrowly focused on using phylogenies to discover the history of geological connections
among regions. Conversely, ecologists often ignore historical biogeography, even when its
input can be crucial. Both historical biogeographers and ecologists have more-or-less
abandoned attempts to understand the processes that determine the large-scale distribution …