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" Oceanic archipelagos: a perspective on the geodynamics and biogeography of the World’s smallest biotic provinces "
Triantis, Kostas; Whittaker, Robert J.; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Geist, Dennis J.
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AL
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920792
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LA744009b2
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English
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Triantis, Kostas; Whittaker, Robert J.; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Geist, Dennis J.
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Oceanic archipelagos: a perspective on the geodynamics and biogeography of the World’s smallest biotic provinces [Article]\ Triantis, Kostas; Whittaker, Robert J.; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Geist, Dennis J.
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Frontiers of Biogeography
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8/2
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2016
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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 archipelagos 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 understand large scale patterns of biodiversity.
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