Biogeographical modules and island roles: a comparison of Wallacea and the West Indies

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 739 - 749
• Main Authors: Carstensen, Daniel W, Dalsgaard, Bo, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, Rahbek, Carsten, Fjeldså, Jon, Sutherland, William J, Olesen, Jens M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2012; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Archipelagoes; Archipelagos; Area; Aves; avifauna; Biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Biota; Birds; Caribbean; Caribbean Sea; community assembly; Contributions from the International Biogeography Society meeting, Crete, 2011; Distribution patterns; Ecological genetics; Evolution; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; geological history; Geology; Indonesia; island biogeography; Islands; isolation; Marine ecology; network; Network hubs; source-sink dynamics; Synecology; Topographical elevation; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Caribbean; Caribbean Sea; Indonesia; Central America; America; West Indies; ASW, Caribbean Sea; ASW, Caribbean Sea, West Indies; ISEW, Indonesia; geological history; Fauna; West Indies; Biogeography; island biogeography; isolation; Source sink relationship; birds; Island; network; avifauna; source-sink dynamics; Vertebrata; Area; Animal community; Aves; Module; Caribbean; community assembly

Aim In order to advance our understanding of the assembly of communities on islands and to elucidate the function of different islands in creating regional and subregional distribution patterns, we identify island biogeographical roles on the basis of the distribution of the islands’ biota within th...