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Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of two enteric helminth parasites (Baylisascaris laevis and Diandrya vancouverensis) in the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Island biogeography can promote rapid diversification and speciation via geographic isolation and novel selection pressures. These same factors can threaten the persistence of island endemics by limiting gene flow and suitable habitat.
McIntyre A. Barrera, Jasmine K. Janes, Jamieson C. Gorrell   +2 more
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An equilibrium theory signature in the island biogeography of human parasites and pathogens

, 2015
Aim Our understanding of the ecology and biogeography of microbes, including those that cause human disease, lags behind that for larger species. Despite recent focus on the geographical distribution of viruses and bacteria, the overall environmental ...
Carlson, L, Guégan, JF, Burnside, WR, Smith, K, Jean, K   +4 more
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CheloniansTraits: a comprehensive trait database of global turtles and tortoises

Scientific Data
Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) possess a variety of ecological characteristics, including long lifespans and protective shells, which have enabled them to survive and adapt to environmental challenges since the Triassic period.
Jiang Wang, Yunhao Xu, Huiwen Zhu, Chuanwu Chen, Yifan Zhao, Yanping Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Islands, Island Studies, Island Studies Journal [PDF]

, 2006
Islands are sites of innovative conceptualizations, whether of nature or human enterprise, whether virtual or real. The study of islands on their own terms today enjoys a growing and wide-ranging recognition.
Baldacchino, Godfrey, Godfrey Baldacchino   +1 more
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Contemporizing island biogeography theory with anthropogenic drivers of species richness [PDF]

, 2023
Aim: Island biogeography theory states that species richness increases with habitat diversity and decreases with isolation from source pools. However, ecological theory must incorporate effects of human activity to explain contemporary patterns of ...
Jacintha Ellers, Matthew R. Helmus, Ellers, Jacintha, Jason M. Gleditsch, Behm, Jocelyn E., Jesse, Wendy A.M., Gleditsch, Jason M., Helmus, Matthew R., Jocelyn E. Behm, Wendy A. M. Jesse   +9 more
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Unique Amphipoda and Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) Associated With the Brown Algae Dictyota sp. From the Oceanic Trindade Island, Southwestern Atlantic, With Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Insights

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Oceanic islands are known by their unique evolutionary histories and high endemicity caused by isolation. This is the first survey on the biodiversity of Peracarida from Trindade Island, a volcanic island located about 1,160 km off the Brazilian coast ...
Tammy Iwasa-Arai, Tammy Iwasa-Arai, Silvana G. L. Siqueira, Juliana L. Segadilha, Juliana L. Segadilha, Fosca P. P. Leite   +5 more
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Island Biogeography of Food Webs [PDF]

, 2017
Abstract To understand why and how species invade ecosystems, ecologists have made heavy use of observations of species colonization on islands. The theory of island biogeography, developed in the 1960s by R.H. MacArthur and E.O. Wilson, has had a tremendous impact on how ecologists understand the link between species diversity and characteristics of
Massol, F., Dubart, M., Calcagno, Vincent, Cazelles, K., Jacquet, C., Kefi, Sonia, Gravel, D.   +6 more
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of avian response to urbanization in China: Research trends, current insights, and future directions

Avian Research
Urbanization is one of the most extreme forms of land-use alteration that is advancing across the world with unprecedented speed. As the largest developing country, China has developed a unique path through its high speed and large scale of urbanization,
Xingmin Chen, Yanping Wang
doaj   +1 more source