The decline of tree diversity on newly isolated tropical islands: A test of a null hypothesis and some implications

By Egbert G. Leigh Jr., Stephen J. Wright, E. Herre, Francis E. Putz. Evolutionary Ecology, 2005

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Assemblage‐level responses of phyllostomid bats to tropical forest fragmentation: land‐bridge islands as a model system (2008, background): “Strong dry-season winds have a major impact on forest structure and dynamics, particularly on exposed islands, where forest is shorter in stature and less diverse in tree species composition (Leigh et al., 1993).”
Tropical rain forest fragmentation and its ecological and species diversity changes in southern Yunnan (2004, background): “Studies on plants related to tropical forest fragments are relatively fewer, although there have been some important ones (Williams-Linera 1992, 2002; Leigh et al. 1993; Turner et al. 1996; Turner and Corlett 1996; Ferreira and Laurance 1997; Fox et al. 1997; Oliveira-Filho et al. 1997; Benitez-Malv”
Vegetation dynamics of predator‐free land‐bridge islands (2006, background): “Wind and exposure have been proposed by Leigh et al . (1993) as a principle factor promoting forest change on small islands in Lake Gatun, Panama, and have been shown to have strong impacts around the margins of forest fragments near Manaus, Brazil (Kapos 1989; Laurance et al . 1997, 2000; D’Angel”
Differential Effects of Hunting on Pre‐Dispersal Seed Predation and Primary and Secondary Seed Removal of Two Neotropical Tree Species (2007, background): “On small islands in the Panama Canal that have lacked mammals other than small rodents for 90 yr, O. mapora has become one of the dominant trees (Leigh et al. 1993).”
Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in a land-bridge island system. (2010, background): “This may be the case for the Gatún islands because different levels of exposure to the strong trade-winds leads to marked differences in vegetation structure (Leigh et al., 1993).”
The neutral theory of biodiversity: do the numbers add up? (2005, methodology): “If a tree generation is 30 years ( Leigh et al . 1993 ), then the age of the species is 30 N years.”
Small‐Scale Fragmentation Effects on Local Genetic Diversity in Two Phyllostomid Bats with Different Dispersal Abilities in Panama (2009, background): “Strong and persistent dry-season trade winds have a major impact on forest structure and dynamics particularly on exposed islands where forest is less diverse in tree species composition, typically shorter in stature and large trees are often scarce (Leigh et al. 1993).”
Restoring tropical diversity: beating the time tax on species loss (2003, background): “The matrix influences rates of accumulation of organic matter and nutrients (Lugo 1997) and the population and community dynamics of species in the remnants that the matrix surrounds (Vandermeer & Carvajal 2001).”