On empty islands and the small-island effect

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1333-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanping Wang ◽  
Virginie Millien ◽  
Ping Ding
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Island Effect

Numbers of plant species on the islands of Aldabra Atoll

1979 ◽  
Vol 286 (1011) ◽  
pp. 247-254 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Island Ecosystems ◽  
Species Numbers ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Number Of Plant Species

The logarithm of island area accounts for 70 % of the variance in the number of plant species occurring on 100 lagoon islands. Two components of island altitude (altitude of the island rim and the logarithm of the island’s inland altitude) are also of importance, and account for 9 % of the variation in species numbers. A further 13 variables account for only an extra 5 % of the variance in the mixed model. These results resemble the findings of other island studies. In the equation S = K A z , z = 0.345 and falls within the range of expected values. The species-area curve gives little indication of the ‘small island effect’ found for other small islands; this may reflect, among other factors, the richness of the Aldabran flora when compared with those of the small island ecosystems already studied. The curve is also compared with that compiled by Williams (1964) and a discrepancy between the two is discussed. Woody plants are largely responsible for the increase of species numbers with increasing area. Species that are restricted to islands of particular sizes are listed and the characteristics of the frequencies of occurrence of the more common species are summarized.

scholarly journals Unravelling the small‐island effect through phylogenetic community ecology

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 2341-2352
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Matthews ◽  
François Rigal ◽  
Kostas Kougioumoutzis ◽  
Panayiotis Trigas ◽  
Kostas A. Triantis
Keyword(s):  
Community Ecology ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Phylogenetic Community Ecology

Species–area relationship and small‐island effect of bryophytes on the Zhoushan Archipelago, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 978-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yu ◽  
Dandan Li ◽  
Zeyou Zhang ◽  
Shuiliang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship ◽  
Zhoushan Archipelago

The small-island effect: fact or artefact?

Ecography ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin C. Burns ◽  
R. Paul McHardy ◽  
Shirley Pledger
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Island Effect

No evidence for the small-island effect in avian communities on islands of an inundated lake

Oikos ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 121 (12) ◽  
pp. 1945-1952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanping Wang ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Siyu Wang ◽  
Zhifeng Ding ◽  
Jingcheng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Avian Communities ◽  
Island Effect

scholarly journals Subjecting the theory of the small-island effect to Ockham’s razor

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1836-1839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Even Tjørve ◽  
Kathleen M.C. Tjørve
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Ockham’S Razor ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Ockham's Razor
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