Plants on small islands revisited: the effects of spatial scale and habitat quality on the species–area relationship

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 42; no. 8; pp. 1405 - 1414
• Main Authors: Schrader, Julian, Moeljono, Soetjipto, Keppel, Gunnar, Kreft, Holger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2019; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biogeography; Dependence; Environmental factors; Grain size; habitat quality; Habitats; Indonesia; Islands; Sampling; Sampling designs; sampling scale; small-island effect; spatial scale; Species diversity; Species richness; Species-area relationship; Stochasticity; trees; woody plants; Indonesia

Understanding how species diversity is related to sampling area and spatial scale is central to ecology and biogeography. Small islands and small sampling units support fewer species than larger ones. However, the factors influencing species richness may not be consistent across scales. Richness at...