The foundations of several disciplines can be expressed as simple quantitative laws, for
example, Newton's laws or the laws of thermodynamics. Here I present five laws derived …

Islands are widely considered to be model systems for studying fundamental questions in
ecology and evolutionary biology. The fundamental state factors that vary among island …

Colonization, speciation and extinction are dynamic processes that influence global patterns
of species richness,,,,–. Island biogeography theory predicts that the contribution of these …

Aim Mountains and islands are both well known for their high endemism. To explain this
similarity, parallels have been drawn between the insularity of “true islands”(land …

Abstract The Hawaiian silversword alliance (Asteraceae) is an iconic adaptive radiation.
However, like many island plant lineages, no fossils have been assigned to the clade. As a …

As the most remote archipelago in the world, the Hawaiian Islands are home to a highly
endemic and disharmonic biota that has fascinated biologists for centuries. Forests are the …

Understanding heterogeneity in species richness between closely related clades is a key
research question in ecology and evolutionary biology. Multiple hypotheses have been …

Approaches to macroevolution require integration of its two fundamental components, within
a hierarchical framework. Following a companion paper on the origin of variation, I here …

Abstract Aim The General Dynamic Model (GDM) links island biogeographical processes to
island geological history. A key premise of the GDM implies that environmental factors …

Simultaneously investigating the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on diversity dynamics is
essential to understand the evolutionary history of clades. The Grande Coupure …