Abstract Despite islands contributing only 6.7% of land surface area, they harbor~ 20% of
the Earth's biodiversity, but unfortunately also~ 50% of the threatened species and 75% of …

The study of islands as model systems has played an important role in the development of
evolutionary and ecological theory. The 50th anniversary of MacArthur and Wilson's …

The Earth's islands harbor a distinct, yet highly threatened, biological and cultural diversity
that has been shaped by geographic isolation and unique environments. Island systems are …

Sky islands are unique geologic formations, home to populations of organisms that have
weathered climate change since the Pleistocene. Long-term isolation and climatic …

Long celebrated for its spectacular landscapes and strikingly high levels of endemic
biodiversity, the Philippines has been studied intensively by biogeographers for two …

Islands are geographically defined as land masses completely surrounded by water, and
island systems have been used as models for many biogeographic, ecological, and …

The extent to which random processes such as founder events contribute to evolutionary
divergence is a long-standing controversy in evolutionary biology. To determine the …

Microplastics have now been identified as a class of emerging pollutants and is considered
as a threat to aquatic organisms. This baseline paper investigated the distribution …

The geological evolution of seamounts has distinct influence on their interactions with the
ocean, their hydrology, geochemical fluxes, biology, resources, and geohazards. There are …

This article discusses four features of islands that make them places of special importance to
environmental conservation. First, investment in island conservation is both urgent and cost …