Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories
University of Copenhagen · Universidad de La Laguna · +6 more institutions
Abstract
Islands provide classic model biological systems. We review how growing appreciation of geoenvironmental dynamics of marine islands has led to advances in island biogeographic theory accommodating both evolutionary and ecological phenomena. Recognition of distinct island geodynamics permits general models to be developed and modified to account for patterns of diversity, diversification, lineage development, and trait evolution within and across island archipelagos. Emergent patterns of diversity include predictable variation in island species-area relationships, progression rule colonization from older to younger land masses, and syndromes including loss of dispersability and secondary woodiness in herbaceous…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 27.98
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 95
Authors
5- RJRobert J. WhittakerCorresponding
University of Copenhagen, Universidad de La Laguna, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Oxford, Natural History Museum Aarhus, University of Birmingham
- JMJosé María Fernández‐Palacios
University of Copenhagen, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, University of Oxford, Natural History Museum Aarhus, University of Birmingham
- TJThomas J. Matthews
Universidade dos Açores, University of Copenhagen, Universidad de La Laguna, University of Oxford, Natural History Museum Aarhus, University of Birmingham
- MKMichael K. Borregaard
University of Copenhagen, Universidad de La Laguna, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Oxford, Natural History Museum Aarhus, University of Birmingham
- KAKostas A. Triantis
University of Copenhagen, Universidad de La Laguna, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Oxford, Natural History Museum Aarhus, University of Birmingham
Topics & keywords
- Biogeography
- Archipelago
- Insular biogeography
- Ecology
- Diversification (marketing strategy)
- Trait
- Lineage (genetic)
- Evolutionary biology
- Life below water