The diversity of freshwater snails in view of the equilibrium theory of island biogeography

Oecologia ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Heidemann Lassen
Keyword(s):  
Island Biogeography ◽  
Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Freshwater Snails ◽  
Theory Of Island Biogeography

Independent Discovery of the Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography

Ecology ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1954-1957 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Brown ◽  
Mark V. Lomolino
Keyword(s):  
Island Biogeography ◽  
Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Theory Of Island Biogeography

scholarly journals Can altitudinal diversity gradients be explained by a reduction in area with altitude?

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Cath Kingston
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Island Biogeography ◽  
Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Diversity Gradients ◽  
Theory Of Island Biogeography ◽  
Reduction In Area

Species richness at higher altitudes of a region typically decreases with altitude, the usual explanation being that environmental conditions become harsher as altitude increases. On conical or ridge shaped mountains the surface area available within equally spaced altitude bands declines as altitude increases. It has been suggested (Ogden 1995) that this may be responsible for the decrease in species richness. The phenomenon of decreasing species richness with altitude has been further interpreted by Ogden as lending support to the equilibrium theory of island biogeography (MacArthur and Wilson 1967) which predicts that larger areas will contain more species. The hypothesis that a decrease in area is responsible for the decline in diversity with altitude is here considered critically, and the evidence presented in support of it is found to be lacking.

The theory of island biogeography and soundscapes: Species diversity and the organization of acoustic communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1901-1911
Author(s):  
Aloïs Robert ◽  
Thierry Lengagne ◽  
Martim Melo ◽  
Vanessa Gardette ◽  
Sacha Julien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Island Biogeography ◽  
Theory Of Island Biogeography

Classics revisited: “Mammals on mountaintops: nonequilibrium insular biology” (The American Naturalist, 105: 467–478, 1971), by James H. Brown

2020 ◽  
pp. 030913332096066
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R Pansing
Keyword(s):  
Great Basin ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Community Assembly ◽  
Island Biogeography ◽  
Species Traits ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Distributional Patterns ◽  
Theory Of Island Biogeography ◽  
American Naturalist ◽  
Small Mammal Species

James H. Brown’s “Mammals on mountaintops: nonequilibrium insular biogeography,” published in 1971 in The American Naturalist, documented distributional patterns of small mammal species in the mountaintop islands of the Great Basin, USA. Distributional patterns suggested that this island-like system was not in equilibrium and represented some of the first evidence contradicting the seminal Theory of Island Biogeography. Brown’s findings suggested that ecological and historical mechanisms were integral to community assembly and maintenance in island-like systems, broadening the focus of research related to biogeographical patterns in islands. The work further highlighted the importance of species traits on distributional patterns. Here, I review the paper and its contributions.

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