Scale, succession and complexity in island biogeography: are we asking the right questions?

By Robert J. Whittaker. 2000

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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A conceptual framework for studying species composition in fragments, islands and other patchy ecosystems (2002, background): “…1963, 1967) has now been overturned (Gilbert, 1980; Williamson, 1989; Brown & Lomolino, 2000; Heaney, 2000), there is an acknowledged need for a new one (Lomolino, 2000) and an explicit recognition of the challenges awaiting future research on island biogeography (Lomolino, 2000; Whittaker, 2000).”
Theory of Island Biogeography on a Microscopic Scale: Organic Aggregates as Islands for Aquatic Pathogens (2010, result): “…as islands — application in disease ecology Although the details of the theory of island biogeography have been debated for some time (reviewed by Whittaker 2000), overall, the results of the present study support the idea that the theory applies to organic aggregates, which we have shown…”
Concluding remarks: historical perspective and the future of island biogeography theory (2000, background): “Elsewhere in this special feature, both Whittaker (2000) and Lomolino (2000a) present broad, conceptual frameworks for island biogeography.”
Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity (2001, background): “…requires theories focusing on evolution and historical contingencies (e.g. Brown, 1988; Bush, 1994; Bennett, 1997; Qian & Ricklefs, 2000; Willis & Whittaker, 2000), whilst species richness patterns can often be related to contemporary ecological processes and controls (e.g. Brown, 1988; Wilson,…”
A global model of island biogeography (2006, background): “In addition, the importance of predictor variables in various studies depends strongly on scale (i.e. the range of variation in area, isolation, elevation, etc.) and on the mobility of the taxa studied (Martin, 1981; Rosenzweig, 1995; Whittaker, 1998, 2000).”
The island species–area relationship: biology and statistics (2012, background): “Our analyses support the proposition that different functions or shapes of ISAR may exhibit scale-dependency (cf. He & Legendre, 1996; Whittaker, 2000; Whittaker & FernándezPalacios, 2007).”
Re‐approaching the small island effect (2006, background): “It has been argued that confounding variation in area with variation in other environmental factors fatally weakens the search for a general understanding of diversity patterns (see Whittaker, 1998, 2000; Whittaker et al., 2001).”
A historical biogeographical protocol for studying biotic diversification by taxon pulses (2005, methodology): “This would complement recent calls by, e.g. Heaney (2000) and Whittaker (2000) for modifications of the ETIB to incorporate complex patterns of immigration, extinction, and diversification occurring on various spatial and temporal scales.”