A global assessment of endemism and species richness across island and mainland regions

By Gerold Kier, H. Kreft, T. Lee, Walter Jetz, P. Ibisch, C. Nowicki, J. Mutke, W. Barthlott. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009

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Vulnerability of global biodiversity hotspots to climate change (2021, background): “A high proportion of biodiversity hotspots are located in mountainous landscapes (Cadena et al., 2012; Grenyer et al., 2006; Guisan et al., 2019; Kier et al., 2009) and are commonly referred to as “cradles” or “engines” of biodiversity (Hoorn et al., 2018).”
Effects of climate change on the distribution of indigenous species in oceanic islands (Azores) (2016, background): “Oceanic islands generally have lower overall species numbers per unit area (Whittaker and Fernández-Palacios 2007) but show higher percentages of endemism than mainland areas (Kier et al. 2009).”
Development of a new pan-European testate amoeba transfer function for reconstructing peatland palaeohydrology (2016, background): “504 505 Europe possesses relatively few of the physical, climatic and biological barriers typically associated 506 with ecological endemism (Kier et al., 2009) and the passive distribution of testate amoebae should, 507 therefore, be comparatively uninhibited.”
The Global Islands Invasive Vertebrate Eradication Database: A tool to improve and facilitate restoration of island ecosystems (2011, background): “While islands make up only five percent of the earth’s surface area, they support 20% of all biodiversity, including a disproportionately high level of endemic species (Kier et al. 2009).”
Addressing future trade-offs between biodiversity and cropland expansion to improve food security (2016, methodology): “When using endemism richness as an indicator of biodiversity, our concern is not the area of habitat but the number of range equivalents, i.e. fractions of species global ranges that are contained within a grid (Kier et al. 2009).”
Conservation of oceanic island floras: present and future global challenges. (2010, background): “Indices of vascular plant diversity are markedly higher for islands than for continental areas (Kier et al., 2009), and 20 of the 34 biodiversity hotspots defined by Conservation International (Myers et al.”
Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes ‐ eight hypotheses (2012, background): “Habitat islands rarely have an identical suite of species and are therefore not completely nested subsets of mainland habitat (Tscharntke et al., 2002b; Peintinger et al., 2003; Fischer & Lindenmayer, 2005; Kier et al., 2009).”
Spatial mismatch and congruence between taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: the need for integrative conservation strategies in a changing world. (2010, background): “However, this policy is unfeasible and both past and current conservation strategies have instead focused on priority taxa or areas to protect rarity, endemism and distinctiveness (Myers et al. 2000; Kier et al. 2009).”
Feral Cats and Biodiversity Conservation: The Urgent Prioritization of Island Management (2013, background): “I slands harbor a disproportionate amount of Earth’s biodiversity and are characterized by the presence of a great number of endemic plant and animal species (MacArthur and Wilson 1967, Carlquist 1974, Myers et al. 2000, Kier et al. 2009).”
The evolution of African plant diversity (2014, background): “DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00038 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE published: 25 July 2014 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00038 The evolution of African plant diversity”
Conservation in tropical Pacific Island countries: why most current approaches are failing (2012, background): “The terrestrial diversity and endemism per unit area in Oceania are among the highest in the world (Keast & Miller 1996; Kier et al. 2009).”
The threat of invasive species to IUCN-listed critically endangered species: A systematic review (2021, background): “…been asserted that the risk of extinction is greater on islands because they have more endemic species, small population sizes, reduced geographical ranges; and species on islands have low rates of reproduction, and lack of anti-predator behaviour (Blumstein and Daniel, 2005; Kier et al., 2009).”
The role of the uplift of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau for the evolution of Tibetan biotas (2015, background): “…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 I. INTRODUCTION The heterogeneous distribution of the world’s biodiversity is a well-known phenomenon that can be observed between adjacent ecoregions or biomes (Myers et al., 2000; Olson et al., 2001; Myers, 2003; Myers & Mittermeier, 2003; Kier et al., 2005, 2009).”