Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

Island and mainland populations of plants often differ in their reproductive biology and
genetics. The differences become more pronounced the further islands are from mainland …

The Canary Islands are an Atlantic volcanic archipelago with a rich flora of∼ 570 endemic
species. The endemics represent∼ 40% of the native flora of the islands, and∼ 20% of the …

Background Despite the importance of the Galápagos Islands for the development of central
concepts in ecology and evolution, the understanding of many ecological processes in this …

We conducted field studies on the Juan Fernández Islands flora on the breeding system of
25 endemic species from 17 families. We recorded data on flower features, pollen and ovule …

A survey of the reproductive features of the angiosperm flora of the Juan Fernández
Archipelago (Chile) is presented to provide a species-based review of reproduction and …

In investigations of the reproductive biology of New Zealand plants, breeding systems have
received much attention but there has been little work on pollination and still less on seed …

The breeding strategies of 52 Galápagos Islands angiosperms from 30 families were
examined. Controlled pollinations were performed to determine if self‐incompatiblity was …

Since the review of the reproductive biology of island plants by Ehrendorfer (1979) three
decades ago, there has been a veritable explosion of studies on plants of oceanic islands …

Traits associated with self‐pollination are common in island plants. This pattern could simply
reflect the vestige of selection during colonization. Alternatively (or in addition), the ability to …