The Theory of Island Biogeography
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The Theory of Island Biogeography is a foundational ecological work that explains how species richness on islands is shaped by the balance between immigration and extinction, profoundly influencing modern conservation biology and biogeography.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ecological theory → scientific theory → |
| appliedTo |
habitat fragments
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mountaintop habitats → nature reserves → oceanic islands → urban habitat patches → |
| assumes |
mainland species pool as source of colonists
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species are ecologically similar in the basic model → stochastic colonization and extinction events → |
| author |
Edward O. Wilson
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Robert H. MacArthur → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| criticizedFor |
neglecting evolutionary processes in its basic form
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simplifying species differences → |
| field |
biogeography
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conservation biology → ecology → |
| hasEdition | Princeton Landmarks in Biology edition → |
| hasModelType | equilibrium model → |
| impact |
became a cornerstone of modern biogeography
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inspired empirical tests on islands and habitat fragments → provided a quantitative framework for understanding island species richness → shaped modern reserve design strategies → |
| influencedField |
conservation biology
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landscape ecology → metapopulation theory → reserve design → |
| language | English → |
| mainConcept |
equilibrium number of species
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immigration–extinction balance → island size effect → isolation effect → species richness on islands → species–area relationship → turnover of species → |
| proposes |
extinction rates increase as the number of resident species increases
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immigration rates decline as the number of resident species increases → larger islands support more species than smaller islands → more isolated islands receive fewer colonists than less isolated islands → species richness on islands is determined by a dynamic balance between immigration and extinction → |
| publicationYear | 1967 → |
| publisher | Princeton University Press → |
| relatedConcept |
SLOSS debate
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equilibrium theory of biogeography → species–area curve → |
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this entity surface form: "MacArthur–Wilson island biogeography theory"
this entity surface form: "equilibrium theory of island biogeography"