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] Founder takes all: density-dependent processes structure biodiversity

JM Waters, CI Fraser, GM Hewitt - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2013 - cell.com
Density-dependent processes play a key role in the spatial structuring of biodiversity.
Specifically, interrelated demographic processes, such as gene surfing, high-density …

Climatic stability and geological history shape global centers of neo-and paleoendemism in seed plants

L Cai, H Kreft, A Taylor, J Schrader… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Assessing the distribution of geographically restricted and evolutionarily unique species and
their underlying drivers is key to understanding biogeographical processes and critical for …

A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography

RJ Whittaker, KA Triantis, RJ Ladle - Journal of Biogeography, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim MacArthur and Wilson's dynamic equilibrium model of island biogeography
provides a powerful framework for understanding the ecological processes acting on insular …

More than just indicators: a review of tropical butterfly ecology and conservation

TC Bonebrake, LC Ponisio, CL Boggs, PR Ehrlich - Biological conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Roughly 90% of butterfly species live in the tropics. Despite this, we know very little about
tropical butterfly ecology particularly when compared to temperate butterfly systems. The …

Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification

EE Goldberg, LT Lancaster, RH Ree - Systematic biology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Geographic characters—traits describing the spatial distribution of a species—may both
affect and be affected by processes associated with lineage birth and death. This is …

Community assembly through adaptive radiation in Hawaiian spiders

R Gillespie - Science, 2004 - science.org
Communities arising through adaptive radiation are generally regarded as unique, with
speciation and adaptation being quite different from immigration and ecological assortment …

Pre-clinical evaluation of gadobutrol: a new, neutral, extracellular contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging

H Vogler, J Platzek, G Schuhmann-Giampieri… - European journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
The Gd3+-complex of 10-(2, 3-dihydroxy-l-hydroxymethylpropyl)-1, 4, 7, 10-
tetraazacyclododecane-1, 4, 7-triacetic acid (gadobutrol) is a new, neutral Gd-chelate for …

Has vicariance or dispersal been the predominant biogeographic force in Madagascar? Only time will tell

AD Yoder, MD Nowak - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Madagascar is one of the world's hottest biodiversity hot spots due to its diverse, endemic,
and highly threatened biota. This biota shows a distinct signature of evolution in isolation …

DNA barcoding for effective biodiversity assessment of a hyperdiverse arthropod group: the ants of Madagascar

MA Smith, BL Fisher… - … Transactions of the …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The role of DNA barcoding as a tool to accelerate the inventory and analysis of diversity for
hyperdiverse arthropods is tested using ants in Madagascar. We demonstrate how DNA …