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A niche‐based theory of island biogeography [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The equilibrium theory of island biogeography (ETIB) is a widely applied dynamic theory proposed in the 1960s to explain why islands have coherent differences in species richness. The development of the ETIB was temporarily challenged in the 1970s by the
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Frontiers of Biogeography, 2011 ISSN 1948‐6596 news and update symposium summary Island biogeography A contributed session at the 5th International Biogeography Society Conference – Heraklion, Greece, 7–11 January 2011 It is now almost 50 years since the publication of Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O.
Kostas A. Triantis
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Island biogeography theory and the habitat heterogeneity jointly explain global patterns of Rhododendron diversity [PDF]
Plant DiversityMountain biodiversity is of great importance to biogeography and ecology. However, it is unclear what ecological and evolutionary processes best explain the generation and maintenance of its high levels of species diversity.
Yanwei Guan +6 more
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Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2021 Delavaux et al. uses global plant databases to examine how the types of mycorrhizal fungi influence the colonization of plants on islands. Their results show that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis limits plant species’ establishment on islands more ...
Camille S. Delavaux +14 more
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Island biogeography of the megadiverse plant family Asteraceae [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe megadiverse plant family Asteraceae forms an iconic component of island floras including many spectacular radiations, but a global picture of its insular diversity is lacking.
Lizzie Roeble +8 more
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The upper respiratory tract as a microbial source for pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis. Parallels from island biogeography. [PDF]
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2014 A continuously mixed series of microbial communities inhabits various points of the respiratory tract, with community composition determined by distance from colonization sources, colonization rates, and extinction rates.
Whiteson KL +14 more
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Distribution of different plant life forms on tropical islands: patterns and underlying mechanisms [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionIsland biogeography theory posits that both island area and isolation significantly influence species distribution patterns and community structure. This study investigates the effects of island area and isolation on plant community structure,
Chengfeng Yang +4 more
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Current Biology, 2021 Islands have fascinated biologists since the days of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and before, providing the inspiration for substantial theoretical development that has advanced our understanding of global biodiversity patterns and the mechanisms that underpin them.
Matthews, T.J., Triantis, K.
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Comparative biogeography of volant and nonvolant mammals in a temperate island archipelago
Ecosphere, 2022 Island biogeography theory is a foundational ecological concept that describes how island or habitat patch size and isolation predict biodiversity, but few have studied how the effects of island biogeography vary with life history characteristics of ...
Taylor R. Pichler +11 more
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Early recognition by Ball and Hooker in 1878 of plant back-colonization (boomerang) events from Macaronesia to Africa [PDF]
, 2020 Recent work in island biogeography has shown that back-colonization (‘boomerang’ events) from islands to continents have occurred more frequently than previously understoodWe report possibly the earliest inference of this pattern, by John Ball and Joseph
Fernández-Palacios, José María +1 more
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