A test of trophic and functional island biogeography theory with the avifauna of a continental archipelago

SRPJ Ross, NR Friedman, J Janicki… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The classical MacArthur–Wilson theory of island biogeography (TIB) emphasizes
the role of island area and isolation in determining island biotas, but is neutral with respect …

Extensions of Island Biogeography Theory predict the scaling of functional trait composition with habitat area and isolation

C Jacquet, D Mouillot, M Kulbicki, D Gravel - Ecology Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Theory of Island Biogeography (TIB) predicts how area and isolation influence
species richness equilibrium on insular habitats. However, the TIB remains silent about …

Equivalent roles of marine subsidies and island characteristics in shaping island bird communities

DS Obrist, PJ Hanly, JC Kennedy… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species distributions across islands are shaped by dispersal limitations, environmental
filters and biotic interactions but the relative influence of each of these processes has rarely …

Trophic theory of island biogeography

D Gravel, F Massol, E Canard, D Mouillot… - Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1010–1016 Abstract MacArthur and Wilson's Theory of Island
Biogeography (TIB) is among the most well‐known process‐based explanations for the …

Species–area relationships across four trophic levels–decreasing island size truncates food chains

T Roslin, G Várkonyi, M Koponen, V Vikberg… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
That larger areas will typically host more diverse ecological assemblages than small ones
has been regarded as one of the few fundamental 'laws' in ecology. Yet, area may affect not …

A global analysis of avian island diversity–area relationships in the Anthropocene

TJ Matthews, JP Wayman, RJ Whittaker… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Research on island species–area relationships (ISAR) has expanded to incorporate
functional (IFDAR) and phylogenetic (IPDAR) diversity. However, relative to the ISAR, we …

A hierarchical model of whole assemblage island biogeography

JR Lasky, TH Keitt, BC Weeks, EP Economo - Ecography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Island systems have long played a central role in the development of ecology and
evolutionary biology. However, while many empirical studies suggest species differ in vital …

Island biogeography of food webs

F Massol, M Dubart, V Calcagno, K Cazelles… - Advances in ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Interspecific sociality alters the colonization and extinction rates of birds on subtropical reservoir islands

AE Martínez, X Si, L Zhou, D Zeng… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Island biogeography theory has proved a robust approach to predicting island biodiversity
on the assumption of species equivalency. However, species differ in their grouping …

The local–regional relationship: immigration, extinction, and scale

F He, KJ Gaston, EF Connor, DS Srivastava - Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
While local processes (eg, competition, predation, and disturbance) presumably cause
species exclusion and thus limit diversity in individual communities, regional processes (eg …