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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Global diversity of island floras from a macroecological perspective
Ecology Letters, 2007 Abstract Islands harbour a significant portion of all plant species worldwide. Their biota are often characterized by narrow distributions and are particularly susceptible to biological invasions and climate change.
Kreft, Holger +4 more
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The macroecology of animal versus wind pollination: ecological factors are more important than historical climate stability [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The relative frequency of wind and animal pollinated plants is non-randomly distributed across the globe and numerous hypotheses have been raised for the greater occurrence of wind pollination in some habitats and towards higher latitudes. To
André Rodrigo Rech +9 more
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Macrosystems ecology: Understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales [PDF]
, 2014 Macrosystems ecology is the study of diverse ecological phenomena at the scale of regions to continents and their interactions with phenomena at other scales.
Adrian V Rocha +26 more
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Global dynamics of dispersal and diversification among passerine birds
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2017 Explaining global variation in geographic and taxonomic diversity gradients represents a central focus of macroecology and macroevolution. Ultimately, these diversity gradients have been generated over deep timescales as a consequence of historical ...
Jonathan Kennedy
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Abiotic controls on macroscale variations of humid tropical forest height [PDF]
, 2016 Spatial variation of tropical forest tree height is a key indicator of ecological processes associated with forest growth and carbon dynamics. Here we examine the macroscale variations of tree height of humid tropical forests across three continents and ...
Knyazikhin, Yuri +7 more
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Expansion of the geographic range of Cyatta abscondita Sosa-Calvo et al., 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
, 2016 The presence of the recently described fungus-farming ant genus and species Cyatta abscondita is reported in the northwestern region of Misiones Province in Argentina. A single worker of C.
Filloy, Julieta +4 more
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Island time and the interplay between ecology and evolution in species diversification. [PDF]
, 2015 Research on the dynamics of biodiversity has progressed tremendously over recent years, although in two separate directions - ecological, to determine change over space at a given time, and evolutionary, to understand change over time.
Gillespie, Rosemary G
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A second horizon scan of biogeography: Golden Ages, Midas touches, and the Red Queen
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2016 Are we entering a new ‘Golden Age’ of biogeography, with continued development of infrastructure and ideas? We highlight recent developments, and the challenges and opportunities they bring, in light of the snapshot provided by the 7th biennial meeting ...
Michael N Dawson +19 more
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Oecologia Australis, 2018 Island rule proposes that a negative correlation between ancestral body size in continents and the descendent body size in islands exists, and this pattern have been widely studied in a macroecological and comparative perspectives. However, there are doubts about what mechanisms underlie body size evolution in islands. Here we review methodological and
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho +2 more
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