Sentences with phrase «endemism in»

Our data suggest that the rapid evolution of unique behavioral and morphological features associated with island endemism in U. littoralis is the result of close interaction with humans as well as island evolutionary pressures and climate change.

Currie refers to velocity and extent as competing explanations, whereas we see them as complementary, based on our expectation that patterns of endemism in amphibians, mammals, and birds would not be entirely attributable to any one explanatory variable (2, 3).

Not exact matches

«We discovered that endemism — the phenomenon that particular species live only in a rather limited area — is also very common among fungi,» explained Tedersoo.

In this light, Sandel et al. found that endemism is more strongly correlated with the area of analogous contemporary climate (r2 = 0.415 - 0.538) than with climate change velocity (r2 = 0.283 - 0.385) for all taxa they studied.

Additionally, extinctions below the species level are documented in this time period (e.g., 7) and, as argued in our Report, may contribute to the observed velocity - endemism relationship.

Finally, if extinctions produced the gradients of endemism observed in this study, then very large numbers of species would have to have gone extinct since the LGM.

The mentawai islands are located in the middle of Indian Ocean, approximately 100 miles from Padang, west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the Mentawai archipelago is a stunning area rich in nature and beautiful beaches that has been ecologically isolated from mainland Sumatra since the mid-Pleistocene period, resulting in high levels of endemism amongst its indigenous flora and fauna.

The origin of island endemism has long been an important topic in biogeography [1 — 4] and has implications for species management and conservation.