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T1 Oceanic archipelagos: a perspective on the geodynamics and biogeography 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 island biogeography
K1 hotspot
K1 mantle
K1 macroecology
K1 macroevolution
K1 meta-archipelagos
K1 subsidence
K1 island evolution
K1 volcanic islands
K1 diversity
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/915/18751
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18751
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 12-may-2024