Due to ongoing global changes, it is essential to establish a baseline record from which to
determine future shifts in species distributions and community assembly patterns. In this …

Aim The species–area relationship (SAR) and the small‐island effect (SIE) are of important
ecological significance. However, few studies have focused on these topics in regard to …

Bryophytes of continental islands have received little attention in biogeography. To quantify
the contributions of island attributes to the species richness (SR) of different bryophyte …

Montane oceanic islands possess unique geographic and ecological attributes, rendering
them valuable for assessing patterns and drivers of alpha and beta taxonomic, functional …

Bryophytes have been proposed as ideal indicators of ecosystem change, because they are
important components of forest integrity, and considerable research indicates that some …

On oceanic islands, the evolution of plants and animals with particular characteristics is
favoured due to their isolation, populations normally comprising a large number of unique …

Introduction. Few attempts have been made to assess the comparative contributions of
different environmental factors on species composition (SC) and richness (SR) of bryophytes …

Climate change is modifying plant communities and ecosystems around the world. Alpine
ecosystems are of special concern on oceanic islands, due to their characteristic higher …

Historical biogeographic knowledge of island colonization is unevenly spread across insular
regions and taxonomic groups. While in the case of vascular plants, the biogeographical …