▪ Abstract Islands have traditionally been considered to be any relatively small body of land
completely surrounded by water. However, their primary biological characteristic, an …

A conventional view holds that population bottlenecks cause massive losses of genetic
variability, thus endangering the viability of the derived population. Although some alleles …

抄録< jats: p> Why do larger areas have more species? What makes diversity so high near
the equator? Has the number of species grown during the past 600 million years? Does …

Minimizing the impact of invasive alien species (IAS) on islands and elsewhere requires
researchers to provide cogent information on the environmental and socioeconomic …

Environmental Ecology: The Impacts of Pollution and Other Stresses on Ecosystem Structure
and Function deals with environmental studies on the ecological impacts of anthropogenic …

The Hawaiian Islands form as the Pacific Plate moves over a 'hot spot'in the earth's mantle
where magma extrudes through the crust to build huge shield volcanos. The islands subside …

Abstract The Hawaiian Islands represent one of the most geographically remote locations in
the Indo-Pacific, and are a refuge for rare, endemic life. The diversity of symbiotic …

Aim The geological evolution of the Mediterranean region is largely the result of the Tertiary
collision of the African and Eurasian Plates, but also a mosaic of migrating island arcs …

Abstract The biota of Hawaiian Islands is derived entirely from long distance dispersal, often
followed by in situ speciation. Species descended from each colonist constitute …

The flora and fauna of oceanic islands have inspired research since the early scientific
explorations. Islands can be considered 'nature's test tubes'—simple systems with multiple …