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 …

Environmental factors driving arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with endemic woody plant Picconiaazorica on native forest of Azores

CD Melo, C Walker, C Krüger, PAV Borges, S Luna… - Annals of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play important key roles in the soil ecosystems
as they link plants to the root-inaccessible part of soil. The aims of this study were to …

A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

J Patiño, RJ Whittaker, PAV Borges… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review …

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 …

Beyond the Last Glacial Maximum: Island endemism is best explained by long‐lasting archipelago configurations

SJ Norder, K Proios, RJ Whittaker… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To quantify the influence of past archipelago configuration on present‐day insular
biodiversity patterns, and to compare the role of long‐lasting archipelago configurations …

Global change impacts on large-scale biogeographic patterns of marine organisms on Atlantic oceanic islands

SP Ávila, R Cordeiro, P Madeira, L Silva… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Past climate changes provide important clues for advancement of studies on current global
change biology. We have tested large-scale biogeographic patterns through four marine …

Range expansion of tropical shallow-water marine molluscs in the NE Atlantic during the last interglacial (MIS 5e): Causes, consequences and utility of …

CS Melo, E Martín-González, CM da Silva… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Controlled by ecological and physical factors, marine species distribution may vary due to
global climatic changes that result from range expansion or contraction (the latter caused by …

[HTML][HTML] SLAM Project-Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores: I-the spiders from native forests of Terceira and …

R Costa, PAV Borges - Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Long-term monitoring of invertebrate communities is needed to understand the
impact of key biodiversity erosion drivers (eg habitat fragmentation and degradation …

Implementation of the marine strategy framework directive in macaronesia and synergies with the maritime spatial planning process

A Abramic, N Nogueira, P Sepulveda, M Cavallo… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The relationship between the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) and
the Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) process has been analyzed to understand which is the …

FEEDING TRACES OF RECENT RAY FISH AND OCCURRENCES OF THE TRACE FOSSIL PISCICHNUS WAITEMATA FROM THE PLIOCENE OF SANTA MARIA …

A Uchman, P Torres, ME Johnson, B Berning… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The bowl-shaped trace fossil Piscichnus waitemata appears in Pliocene sandstones from
Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago), extensively excavated during a stage of island …