Ecosystem services provided by birds

CJ Whelan, DG Wenny… - Annals of the New York …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem services are natural processes that benefit humans. Birds contribute the four
types of services recognized by the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment—provisioning …

Conservation of oceanic island floras: present and future global challenges

J Caujape-Castells, A Tye, DJ Crawford… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2010 - Elsevier
Current threats to the planet's biodiversity are unprecedented, and they particularly imperil
insular floras. In this investigation, we use the threat factors identified by the Millennium …

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 …

Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands–Projections, implications and current knowledge

DEV Harter, SDH Irl, B Seo, MJ Steinbauer… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent climate projections indicate substantial environmental alterations in oceanic island
regions during the 21st century, setting up profound threats to insular floras. Inherent …

Bryophyte biogeography

J Patiño, A Vanderpoorten - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Bryophytes include about 20,000 species characterized by their poikilohydric condition, high
long-distance dispersal capacities, and cold tolerance. Despite these specific life-history …

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 …

Conservation and restoration of plant–animal mutualisms on oceanic islands

CN Kaiser-Bunbury, A Traveset, DM Hansen - Perspectives in Plant …, 2010 - Elsevier
Islands harbour much of the world's threatened biodiversity. Recent work has highlighted
how it is not species diversity per se but rather the interactions between organisms that …

Oceanic island biogeography through the lens of the general dynamic model: assessment and prospect

MK Borregaard, IR Amorim, PAV Borges… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The general dynamic model of oceanic island biogeography (GDM) has added a new
dimension to theoretical island biogeography in recognizing that geological processes are …

Mutualism disruption threatens global plant biodiversity: a systematic review

CE Aslan, ES Zavaleta, B Tershy, D Croll - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background As global environmental change accelerates, biodiversity losses can disrupt
interspecific interactions. Extinctions of mutualist partners can create “widow” species, which …

Weeds in paradise: thoughts on the invasibility of tropical islands

JS Denslow - Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2003 - JSTOR
Tropical island ecosystems appear to be especially vulnerable to invasive species as
indicated by the often high numbers and percentages of exotic species on oceanic and …