Which function describes the species–area relationship best? A review and empirical evaluation

J Dengler - Journal of Biogeography, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aims of this study are to resolve terminological confusion around different types of
species–area relationships (SARs) and their delimitation from species sampling …

Terminology and quantification of environmental heterogeneity in species‐richness research

A Stein, H Kreft - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial environmental heterogeneity (EH) is an important driver of species diversity, and its
influence on species richness has been analysed for numerous taxa, in diverse ecological …

Area–heterogeneity tradeoff and the diversity of ecological communities

O Allouche, M Kalyuzhny… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
For more than 50 y ecologists have believed that spatial heterogeneity in habitat conditions
promotes species richness by increasing opportunities for niche partitioning. However, a …

Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

How does habitat diversity affect the species–area relationship?

AS Kallimanis, AD Mazaris… - Global Ecology and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the way in which 'area'and 'habitat diversity'interact in shaping species
richness and to find a simple and valid way to express this interaction. Location The Natura …

Patterns and traits of the endemic plants of Greece

K Georghiou, P Delipetrou - Botanical Journal of the Linnean …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Greece is characterized by high plant diversity (5800 species) and endemism (15.6%). This
study attempts a first overall assessment of the taxonomy, distribution, traits and …

Species–area relationships on small islands differ among plant growth forms

J Schrader, C König, KA Triantis… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We tested whether species–area relationships of small islands differ among plant
growth forms and whether this influences the prevalence of the small‐island effect (SIE). The …

New directions in island biogeography

AMC Santos, R Field, RE Ricklefs - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Much of our current understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes comes
from island research. With the increasing availability of data on distributions and …

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Greek islands of North Aegean region

E Axiotis, M Halabalaki, LA Skaltsounis - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Greek islands of the North Aegean Region are a group of nine inhabited islands (Lemnos,
Agios Efstratios, Lesvos, Chios, Psara, Oinousses, Samos, Ikaria, and Fourni) located in the …

Richness and composition of plants and birds on land‐bridge islands: Effects of island attributes and differential responses of species groups

M Yu, G Hu, KJ Feeley, J Wu, P Ding - Journal of Biogeography, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test relationships between the richness and composition of vascular plants and birds
and attributes of habitat fragments using a model land‐bridge island system, and to …