Global patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure in island floras

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 12213
• Main Authors: Weigelt, Patrick, Daniel Kissling, W., Kisel, Yael, Fritz, Susanne A., Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, Kessler, Michael, Lehtonen, Samuli, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Kreft, Holger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.07.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/670; 631/158/851; 631/158/852; 631/181/759; Adaptation; Angiosperms; Bioclimatology; Climate adaptation; Colonization; Dispersal; Ferns; Humanities and Social Sciences; Islands; multidisciplinary; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant diversity; Plant species; Plants - classification; Science; Speciation

Islands are ideal for investigating processes that shape species assemblages because they are isolated and have discrete boundaries. Quantifying phylogenetic assemblage structure allows inferences about these processes, in particular dispersal, environmental filtering and in-situ speciation. Here, w...