Aim To develop a new probabilistic model that can be used to test for statistically significant
pair‐wise patterns of species co‐occurrence. The model gives the probability that two …

The Aegean archipelago, comprising numerous islands and islets with great heterogeneity
in topographic, geological, historical and environmental properties, offers an ideal natural …

The unique properties of terrestrial isopods regarding responses to limiting factors such as
drought and temperature have led to interesting distributional patterns along climatic and …

Several factors, singly or in combination, have proven relevant in promoting nestedness in
animal communities (area, isolation, habitat structure, etc.); however, little empirical …

Aim This research aimed to study if a transitional character can be postulated for the
tenebrionid beetle (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) fauna of the Aegean Islands, and to identify …

We used the nestedness temperature calculator to examine patterns of nestedness in two
datasets on birds in fragmented landscapes in southeastern Australia. During our initial …

Aim To study the effects of the degree of fragmentation of heathland patches on their species
richness and species composition, and to infer the ecological mechanisms behind the …

Partial Mantel tests and structural equation models were used to investigate the influence of
recent geography, palaeogeography and climate on the composition of the fauna of the …

The Merodon aureus group is characterized by high endemism and the presence of
morphologically cryptic species. Within one of its subgroups, M. bessarabicus, seven …

Aim Although the factors shaping plant species richness patterns across the islands of the
central Aegean are well known, the processes driving the assembly of these island …