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  2. Insular biogeography - Wikipedia

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    Insular biogeography [1] or island biogeography is a field within biogeography that examines the factors that affect the species richness and diversification of isolated natural communities. The theory was originally developed to explain the pattern of the species–area relationship occurring in oceanic islands.

  3. Foster's rule - Wikipedia

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    Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small islands.

  4. The Theory of Island Biogeography - Wikipedia

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    The Theory of Island Biogeography is a 1967 book by the ecologist Robert MacArthur and the biologist Edward O. Wilson. [1] It is widely regarded as a seminal work in island biogeography and ecology. The Princeton University Press reprinted the book in 2001 as a part of the "Princeton Landmarks in Biology" series. [1]

  5. Island gigantism - Wikipedia

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    As opposed to island dwarfism, island gigantism is found in most major vertebrate groups and in invertebrates. Territorialism may favor the evolution of island gigantism. A study on Anaho Island in Nevada determined that reptile species that were territorial tended to be larger on the island compared to the mainland, particularly in the smaller ...

  6. Species–area relationship - Wikipedia

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    Frank W. Preston, an early investigator of the theory of the species–area relationship, divided it into two types: samples (a census of a contiguous habitat that grows in the census area, also called "mainland" species–area relationships), and isolates (a census of discontiguous habitats, such as islands, also called "island" species–area ...

  7. SLOSS debate - Wikipedia

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    In 1975, Jared Diamond suggested some "rules" for the design of protected areas, based on Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson's book The Theory of Island Biogeography.One of his suggestions was that a single large reserve was preferable to several smaller reserves whose total areas were equal to the larger.

  8. Biogeography - Wikipedia

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    The publication of The Theory of Island Biogeography by Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson in 1967 [23] showed that the species richness of an area could be predicted in terms of such factors as habitat area, immigration rate and extinction rate. This added to the long-standing interest in island biogeography.

  9. Unified neutral theory of biodiversity - Wikipedia

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    Hubbell built on earlier neutral models, including Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson's theory of island biogeography [1] and Stephen Jay Gould's concepts of symmetry and null models. [7] An "ecological community" is a group of trophically similar, sympatric species that actually or potentially compete in a local area for the same or similar ...