Models of oceanic island biogeography: changing perspectives on biodiversity dynamics in archipelagoes

Models of oceanic island biogeography: changing perspectives on biodiversity dynamics in archipelagoes

<p>Models of biogeographic processes can both enhance and inhibit our ability to ask questions that guide our understanding of patterns and processes. The two ‘traditional’ models of island biogeography, the Equilibrium Model and the Vicariance Model, raise important and insightful questions a...

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Main Authors: Lawrence R Heaney, Danilo S Balete, Eric A Rickart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Biogeography Society 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers of Biogeography
Subjects:
Colonization, Equilibrium Model, extinction, General Dynamic Model, geomorphology, hot spots, Philippines, speciation, subduction zones, timescale, Vicariance Model
Biology
Evolution
Ecology
Biogeography
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3w4946z4

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