Following several decades during which two dissimilar and incompatible models
(equilibrium and vicariance) dominated island biogeography, recent publications have …

Vicariance biogeography emerged several decades ago from the fusion of cladistics and
plate tectonics, and quickly came to dominate historical biogeography. The field has since …

Abstract Aim MacArthur and Wilson's dynamic equilibrium model of island biogeography
provides a powerful framework for understanding the ecological processes acting on insular …

Islands are pieces of land entirely surrounded by sea on which terrestrial and marine
organisms live as little as a few metres apart. Yet, in contrast to terrestrial species, marine …

Islands hold a special fascination for biogeographers, ecologists, and evolutionists,
highlighting as they do questions of distribution and evolution. Historical bio geographers …

Biogeographers study all patterns in the geographic variation of life, from the spatial
variation in genetic and physiological characteristics of cells and individuals, to the diversity …

Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review …

The general dynamic model of oceanic island biogeography (GDM) has added a new
dimension to theoretical island biogeography in recognizing that geological processes are …

BACKGROUND Ever since Darwin, natural scientists have turned to islands for inspiration
and for model systems. For the past half century, they have done so largely within the …

The equilibrium theory of island biogeography (ETIB) was developed around the concept of
islands formed de novo, with species colonizing and over time reaching a balance between …