Integrating the effects of area, isolation, and habitat heterogeneity on species diversity: a unification of island biogeography and niche theory

R Kadmon, O Allouche - The American Naturalist, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
We present an analytical model that unifies two of the most influential theories in community
ecology, namely, island biogeography and niche theory. Our model captures the main …

The local–regional relationship: immigration, extinction, and scale

F He, KJ Gaston, EF Connor, DS Srivastava - Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
While local processes (eg, competition, predation, and disturbance) presumably cause
species exclusion and thus limit diversity in individual communities, regional processes (eg …

Island species richness increases with habitat diversity

J Hortal, KA Triantis, S Meiri, E Thébault… - The American …, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
Species richness is commonly thought to increase with habitat diversity. However, a recent
theoretical model aiming to unify niche and island biogeography theories predicted a hump …

Area–heterogeneity tradeoff and the diversity of ecological communities

O Allouche, M Kalyuzhny… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
For more than 50 y ecologists have believed that spatial heterogeneity in habitat conditions
promotes species richness by increasing opportunities for niche partitioning. However, a …

Patterns of species ranges, speciation, and extinction

A Birand, A Vose, S Gavrilets - The American Naturalist, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
The exact nature of the relationship among species range sizes, speciation, and extinction
events is not well understood. The factors that promote larger ranges, such as broad niche …

Coexistence in metacommunities: the regional similarity hypothesis

N Mouquet, M Loreau - The American Naturalist, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
Species richness has historically been studied with a separation between small-and large-
scale processes. Species diversity has been approached, on the one hand, from a local …

Importance of matrix habitats in maintaining biological diversity

JF Franklin, DB Lindenmayer - Proceedings of the National …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The theory of island biogeogra-phy has been the central tenet of conservation biology for
several decades, a tenet in which continental landscapes are viewed islands of suitable …

[HTML][HTML] Does probability of occurrence relate to population dynamics?

W Thuiller, T Münkemüller, KH Schiffers… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hutchinson defined species' realized niche as the set of environmental conditions in which
populations can persist in the presence of competitors. In terms of demography, the realized …

On the relationship between niche and distribution

HR Pulliam - Ecology letters, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Applications of Hutchinson'sn‐dimensional niche concept are often focused on the role of
interspecific competition in shaping species distribution patterns. In this paper, I discuss a …

Extensions of Island Biogeography Theory predict the scaling of functional trait composition with habitat area and isolation

C Jacquet, D Mouillot, M Kulbicki, D Gravel - Ecology Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Theory of Island Biogeography (TIB) predicts how area and isolation influence
species richness equilibrium on insular habitats. However, the TIB remains silent about …