Predictable relationships among patterns, processes, and properties of plant communities
are crucial for developing meaningful conceptual models in community ecology. We studied …

Island biotas have been fascinating naturalists for centuries, their study having played a
pivotal role in our understanding of the fundamental processes governing the emergence of …

We assessed changes in phylogenetic diversity of angiosperm flora on six oceanic islands
located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, by comparing flora from two periods: the pre …

Aim To document long‐term rates of immigration, extinction and turnover in insular floras
and evaluate the relative impacts of recent hurricane activity and climate change. Location …

The theory of island biogeography has played a pivotal role in the way ecologists view
communities. However, it does not account for exotic species explicitly, which limits its use …

Island disharmony refers to the biased representation of higher taxa on islands compared to
their mainland source regions and represents a central concept in island biology. Here, we …

Community assembly of island plants is a central topic in island biogeography. Most
previous studies have focused on seed plants, while our understanding of bryophytes is …

Aim We tested whether species–area relationships of small islands differ among plant
growth forms and whether this influences the prevalence of the small‐island effect (SIE). The …

Aim One of the main goals of functional biogeography is to examine distribution patterns of
trait diversity, and islands provide excellent study cases for this emerging field. We tested the …

Identifying and quantifying the impacts of human activity on island plant diversity can help
inform their management. Here, we examined the spatial pattern of plant diversity across 11 …