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T1 Oceanic archipelagos: a perspective on the geodynamics and bi-ogeography of the World’s smallest biotic provinces
A1 Triantis, Kostas A.
A1 Whittaker, Robert J.
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
A1 Geist, Dennis J.
K1 Diversity
K1 Island biogeography
K1 Volcanic islands
K1 Diversidad
K1 Biogeografía insular
K1 Islas volcánicas
AB Since the contributions of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, oceanic archipelagos have played a central role in the development of biogeography. However, despite the critical influence of oceanic islands on ecological and evolutionary theory, our focus has remained limited to either the island-level of specific archipelagos or single archipelagos. Recently, it was proposed that oceanic archi-pelagos qualify as biotic provinces, with diversity primarily reflecting a balance between speciation and extinction, with colonization having a minor role. Here we focus on major attributes of the archipelagic geological dynamics that can affect diversity at both the island and the archipelagic level. We also re-affirm that oceanic archipelagos are appropriate spatiotemporal units to frame analyses in order to un-derstand large scale patterns of biodiversity.
PB The International Biogeography Society
SN 1948-6596
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17381
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17381
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 25-nov-2024