Communities of plants determine nonrandom spatial patterns defined by the intervention of
abiotic and biotic factors acting at different spatial scales. We consider the influence of …

The role of disturbance in natural communities and ecosystems has received a great deal of
attention in the literature. For recent reviews see Cairns (1980); Burgess and Sharpe (1981); …

Aim The island species–area relationship (ISAR) assumes that the area of islands is
homogeneous, or scales with environmental heterogeneity across an archipelago, which is …

This is the first comprehensive analysis of vascular plant diversity patterns in the Aleutian
Islands to identify and quantify the impact of Aleutian Island distance dispersal barriers …

A major goal of island biogeography is to understand how island communities are
assembled over time. However, we know little about the influence of variable area and …

The relationship between an island's size and the number of species on that island—the
island species–area relationship (ISAR)—is one of the most well-known patterns in …

For centuries, oceanic islands have served as valuable 'natural laboratories' to test
fundamental ideas about biodiversity1. Oceanic islands often possess a distinctive geology …

Aim The general dynamic model (GDM) of oceanic island biogeography integrates rates of
immigration, speciation and extinction in relation to a humped trajectory of island area …

Islands crucially contribute to the Mediterranean Basin's high floristic diversity, which,
however, is at risk facing climate and land-use changes. Besides the identification of highly …

Aim We searched for evidence of floristic homogenization in widespread oceanic
archipelagos. Location Twelve oceanic archipelagos in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans …