Biodiversity on marine islands is characterized by unique biogeographic, phylogenetic and
functional characteristics. Islands hold a disproportionate amount of the world's biodiversity …

Research in Macaronesia has led to substantial advances in ecology, evolution and
conservation biology. We review the scientific developments achieved in this region, and …

Understanding how biological and environmental factors interactively shape the global
distribution of plant and animal genetic diversity is fundamental to biodiversity conservation …

Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review …

Abstract Aim The Mediterranean Basin is a global biodiversity hotspot and has one of the
longest histories of human–biota interactions. Islands host a large fraction of Mediterranean …

Whole genome duplication or polyploidy is widespread among floras globally, but
traditionally has been thought to have played a minor role in the evolution of island …

We review the conservation status and threats to the endemic vascular flora of the Cape
Verde islands, mostly based on the past two decades of collecting, literature review and …

Loss of genetic diversity is known to decrease the fitness of species and is a critical factor
that increases extinction risk. However, there is little evidence for higher vulnerability and …

We use the molecular data available for the plant genera currently distributed in the
Canaries to propose a hypothetical framework that updates the Surfing Syngameon …

The perceived low levels of genetic diversity, poor interspecific competitive and defensive
ability, and loss of dispersal capacities of insular lineages have driven the view that oceanic …