The island immaturity – speciation pulse model of island evolution: an alternative to the “diversity begets diversity” model

By Robert J. Whittaker, Richard J. Ladle, Miguel B. Araújo, J. Fernández-Palacios, J. Delgado, J. Arévalo. 2007

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R. J. Whittaker (robert.whittaker@ouce.ox.ac.uk), R. J. Ladle and M. B. Araujo, Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford Univ. Centre for the Environment, Univ. of South Parks Road, OX1 3QY, UK (present address of M. B. A.: Dept of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biol., National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, C/Gutierrez Abascal, 2 ES-28006, Madrid, Spain). J. M. Fernandez-Palacios, J. D. Delgado and J. R. Arevalo, Dept de Ecologi a, Facultad de Biologi a, Univ. de La Laguna, ES-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain.

Subfields: Genetics, Paleontology, Plant Science

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Island, archipelago and taxon effects: mixed models as a means of dealing with the imperfect design of nature's experiments (2012, methodology): “By applying a mixed model approach to island SIE richness data across four volcanic oceanic archipelagos, we found that the ATT 2 formulation proposed by Whittaker et al. (2007, 2008, 2010) provides an excellent description of the data.”
A reconstruction of Palaeo‐Macaronesia, with particular reference to the long‐term biogeography of the Atlantic island laurel forests (2011, background): “It is in the early phase of erosion that islands achieve their maximal topographical complexity, and, despite losing the summit ecosystems owing to erosion, they nonetheless retain (or continue to generate) relatively high numbers of single-island endemics (Whittaker et al., 2007, 2008).”
Time, area and isolation: factors driving the diversification of Azorean arthropods (2009, unknown): “…such as the ‘diversity-driven speciation hypothesis’ of Emerson & Kolm (2005a) or the energy-based global model of Kalmar & Currie (2006) (both reviewed by Whittaker & Fernández-Palacios, 2007), would be better understood within the framework of the GDM proposed by Whittaker et al. (2007, 2008).”
The Azores diversity enigma: why are there so few Azorean endemic flowering plants and why are they so widespread? (2009, background): “Whittaker et al. (2007) proposed an alternative model in which both species richness and speciation rate reach a maximum when an island reaches maximum topographic complexity.”
The formation of species pools: historical habitat abundance affects current local diversity (2011, methodology): “…species was used by Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, 251–259, © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 253 Emerson & Kolm (2005), and possible pitfalls of using this characteristic have been discussed elsewhere (Cadena et al., 2005; Emerson & Kolm, 2007; Pereira et al., 2007; Whittaker et al., 2007).”
The Canaries: an important biogeographical meeting place (2008, background): “…(alongside vicariance mechanisms) within biogeographical science, and of a growing awareness of the importance of incorporating general patterns of environmental history in island biogeographical and evolutionary models (e.g. Carine et al., 2004; Carine, 2005; Whittaker et al., 2007, 2008).”
Increase of island endemism with altitude – speciation processes on oceanic islands (2012, methodology): “In their ‘ island immaturity speciation pulse model ’ Whittaker et al. (2007) suggested island age as a key parameter determining species distribution and endemism.”