Islands are widely considered to be model systems for studying fundamental questions in
ecology and evolutionary biology. The fundamental state factors that vary among island …

Oceanic islands are storehouses for unique creatures. Zoologists have long been fascinated
by island animals because they break all the rules. Speedy, nervous, little birds repeatedly …

Biological and ecological investigations of islands are crucial to explain ecosystem
functioning. Many studies on island biodiversity are carried out on oceanic islands. In …

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 …

Summary One of Sherwin Carlquist's greatest scientific legacies is how far he advanced our
understanding of the structural and functional relationships within the xylem. His research …

La flor además de constituir uno de los ejes principales de la taxonomía, se considera la
esencia de la reproducción en las angiospermas que permite la transmisión genética …

Aim Disharmony is a key concept in island biology that describes the imbalance in the
representation of higher taxa on islands compared to their mainland source regions …

Understanding why we find different types and numbers of species in different places has
been a long-standing question for biologists. Ecological communities provide a conceptual …

In der ökologischen und biogeographischen Forschung nehmen Inseln seit jeher eine
besondere Rolle ein. Zum einen besitzen Inseln ökologisch faszinierende …