Time, area and isolation: factors driving the diversification of Azorean arthropods

Borges, Paulo A. V.; Hortal, Joaquín

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Borges, Paulo A. V.

Hortal, Joaquín

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R. J. Whittaker et al. recently proposed a ‘general dynamic model of oceanic island biogeography’ (GDM), providing a general explanation of island biodiversity patterns by relating fundamental biogeographical processes – speciation, immigration, extinction – to area (A) and time (T; maximum island geological age). We adapt their model, which predicts a positive relationship with area combined with a humped relationship to time (designated the ATT2 model), to study the factors promoting diversification on the Azores for several arthropod groups.

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Ecology Arthropods Azores Beetle Cavernicolous Species Dispersal General Dynamic Model Island Evolution Island Geological Age Single-Island Endemics Speciation

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1417

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Borges, P.A.V.; Hortal, Joaquín. Time, area and isolation: factors driving the diversification of Azorean arthropods. "Journal of Biogeography", 36(1), 178-191, 2009.