Macaronesia as a fruitful arena for ecology, evolution, and conservation biology

M Florencio, J Patiño, S Nogué, A Traveset… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research in Macaronesia has led to substantial advances in ecology, evolution and
conservation biology. We review the scientific developments achieved in this region, and …

A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography

J Schrader, IJ Wright, H Kreft, M Westoby - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Island biogeography is the study of the spatio‐temporal distribution of species, communities,
assemblages or ecosystems on islands and other isolated habitats. Island diversity is …

Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations

J Cerca, DD Cotoras, VC Bieker, R De-Kayne… - Trends in ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
A recurring feature of oceanic archipelagos is the presence of adaptive radiations that
generate endemic, species-rich clades that can offer outstanding insight into the links …

Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands

R Rozzi, MV Lomolino, AAE van der Geer, D Silvestro… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data …

C Riginos, ED Crandall, L Liggins… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic data represent a relatively new frontier for our understanding of global biodiversity.
Ideally, such data should include both organismal DNA‐based genotypes and the …

Comparative phylogeography in the genomic age: Opportunities and challenges

A McGaughran, L Liggins, KA Marske… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We consider the opportunities and challenges comparative phylogeography (CP) faces
in the genomic age to determine:(1) how we can maximise the potential of big CP analyses …

β diversity among ant communities on fragmented habitat islands: the roles of species trait, phylogeny and abundance

Y Zhao, NJ Sanders, J Liu, T Jin, H Zhou, R Lu… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and fragmentation reduce biodiversity and alter species composition in local
communities. β diversity describes the variation in species composition between or among …

[图书][B] Island biogeography: geo-environmental dynamics, ecology, evolution, human impact, and conservation

RJ Whittaker, JM Fernández-Palacios, TJ Matthews - 2023 - books.google.com
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 …

Hidden island endemic species and their implications for cryptic speciation within soil arthropods

AJ Pérez‐Delgado, P Arribas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Specialisation to the soil environment is expected to constrain the spatial scale of
diversification within animal lineages. In this context, flightless arthropod lineages, adapted …

Towards a genetic theory of island biogeography: Inferring processes from multidimensional community‐scale data

I Overcast, G Achaz, R Aguilée… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background MacArthur and Wilson's theory of island biogeography has been a
foundation for obtaining testable predictions from models of community assembly and for …