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T1 Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories
A1 Whittaker, Robert J.
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
A1 Matthews, Thomas J.
A1 Borregaard, Michael K.
A1 Triantis, Kostas A.
K1 Island biogeography
K1 Biological systems
K1 Geoenvironmental dynamics
K1 Marine islands
K1 Island geodynamics
AB Islands provide classic model biological systems.We review how growing appreciation of geoenvironmental dynamics of marine islands has led to advances in island biogeographic theory accommodating both evolutionary and ecological phenomena. Recognition of distinct island geodynamics permits general models to be developed and modified to account for patterns of diversity, diversification, lineage development, and trait evolution within andacross island archipelagos. Emergent patterns of diversity include predictable variation in island species–area relationships, progression rule colonization from older to younger land masses, and syndromes including loss of dispersability and secondary woodiness in herbaceous plant lineages. Further developments in Earth system science, molecular biology, and trait data for islands hold continued promise for unlocking many of the unresolved questions in evolutionary biology and biogeography.
SN 0036-8075
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17693
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17693
LA en
DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 18-abr-2024