Oceanic island biogeography: Nomothetic science of the anecdotal

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" Oceanic island biogeography: Nomothetic science of the anecdotal "
Meiri, Shai

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	920839
Doc. No	:	LA3q94f5z6
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Meiri, Shai
Title & Author	:	Oceanic island biogeography: Nomothetic science of the anecdotal [Article]\ Meiri, Shai
Title of Periodical	:	Frontiers of Biogeography
Volume/ Issue Number	:	9/1
Date	:	2017
Abstract	:	Islands get more than their fair share of attention from biogeographers, macroecologists and evolutionary biologists. Adding to this existing bias, I claim that oceanic islands, especially oceanic island archipelagos (and among them, especially the Hawaii, the Canaries, Azores and, of course, the Galapagos) attract much more scientific attention than the insights they offer or warrant. This focus on oceanic islands ignores other island types that may be better heuristic tools for studies of general ecological, biogeographic and evolutionary dynamics. The evolutionary and ecological dynamics of landbridge and continental islands are often as fast, dramatic, interesting and insightful, and merit more attention from island biogeographers.