Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: Prospects fifty years after MacArthur‐Wilson

BH Warren, D Simberloff, RE Ricklefs… - Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The study of islands as model systems has played an important role in the development of
evolutionary and ecological theory. The 50th anniversary of MacArthur and Wilson's …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research

A Antonelli, M Ariza, J Albert, T Andermann, J Azevedo… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted
the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our …

The abiotic and biotic drivers of rapid diversification in A ndean bellflowers (Campanulaceae)

LP Lagomarsino, FL Condamine, A Antonelli… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The tropical Andes of South America, the world's richest biodiversity hotspot, are
home to many rapid radiations. While geological, climatic, and ecological processes …

A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

J Patiño, RJ Whittaker, PAV Borges… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review …

Mechanistic simulation models in macroecology and biogeography: state‐of‐art and prospects

JS Cabral, L Valente, F Hartig - Ecography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Macroecology and biogeography are concerned with understanding biodiversity patterns
across space and time. In the past, the two disciplines have addressed this question mainly …

Oceanic island biogeography through the lens of the general dynamic model: assessment and prospect

MK Borregaard, IR Amorim, PAV Borges… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The general dynamic model of oceanic island biogeography (GDM) has added a new
dimension to theoretical island biogeography in recognizing that geological processes are …

Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism

SGA Flantua, D Payne, MK Borregaard… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mountains and islands are both well known for their high endemism. To explain this
similarity, parallels have been drawn between the insularity of “true islands”(land …

Resolving the psyllid tree of life: phylogenomic analyses of the superfamily Psylloidea (Hemiptera)

DM Percy, A Crampton‐Platt, S Sveinsson… - Systematic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding evolutionary relationships in the superfamily Psylloidea is challenging due to
the lack of clear morphological synapomorphies for many groups. Some families and many …

New directions in island biogeography

AMC Santos, R Field, RE Ricklefs - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Much of our current understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes comes
from island research. With the increasing availability of data on distributions and …

Environmental heterogeneity dynamics drive plant diversity on oceanic islands

MP Barajas‐Barbosa, P Weigelt… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The General Dynamic Model (GDM) links island biogeographical processes to
island geological history. A key premise of the GDM implies that environmental factors …