[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation of carnivorous plants in the age of extinction

AT Cross, TA Krueger, PM Gonella… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carnivorous plants (CPs)—those possessing specific strategies to attract, capture and kill
animal prey and obtain nutrition through the absorption of their biomass—are harbingers of …

GIFT–A global inventory of floras and traits for macroecology and biogeography

P Weigelt, C König, H Kreft - Journal of Biogeography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To understand how functional traits and evolutionary history shape the geographic
distribution of plant life on Earth, we need to integrate high‐quality and global‐scale …

[HTML][HTML] Restructuring of the 'Macaronesia'biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach

R Freitas, M Romeiras, L Silva, R Cordeiro… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cabo Verde are commonly
united under the term “Macaronesia”. This study investigates the coherency and validity of …

Measuring fractions of beta diversity and their relationships to nestedness: a theoretical and empirical comparison of novel approaches

JC Carvalho, P Cardoso, PAV Borges, D Schmera… - Oikos, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Beta diversity and nestedness are central concepts of ecology and biogeography and
evaluation of their relationships is in the focus of contemporary ecological and conservation …

Non-indigenous species in Portuguese coastal areas, coastal lagoons, estuaries and islands

P Chainho, A Fernandes, A Amorim, SP Ávila… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Trends in abundance, temporal occurrence and spatial distribution of marine and brackish
non-indigenous species (NIS) are part of the indicators to assess the compliance of Good …

Testing Darwin's naturalization hypothesis in the Azores

H Schaefer, OJ Hardy, L Silva, TG Barraclough… - Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 389–396 Abstract Invasive species are a threat for ecosystems
worldwide, especially oceanic islands. Predicting the invasive potential of introduced …

Increase of insular exotic arthropod diversity is a fundamental dimension of the current biodiversity crisis

PAV Borges, F Rigal, A Ros‐Prieto… - Insect Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A dramatic insect decline has been documented on the grasslands and forests of European
or North American mainland. Yet, other parts of the world and other ecosystems remain …

Dissecting global turnover in vascular plants

C König, P Weigelt, H Kreft - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To provide a global assessment of turnover in vascular plants across geographical
settings and taxonomic and functional groups. We tested whether turnover and its spatial …

Biodiversity erosion: causes and consequences

PAV Borges, R Gabriel, S Fattorini - Life on land, 2020 - Springer
Biodiversity erosion (or biodiversity loss) encapsulates the notions of habitat and species
loss, habitat degradation, and habitat fragmentation. Biodiversity erosion includes not only …