Charles Darwin’s travels on HMS Beagle taught him that islands are an important source of evidence for
evolution. Because many islands are young and have relatively few species, evolutionary adaptation and
species proliferation are obvious and easy to study. In addition, the geographical isolation of many islands has
allowed evolution to take its own course, free of influence from other areas, resulting in unusual faunas and
floras, often unlike those found anywhere else. For these reasons, island research provides valuable insights
into speciation and adaptive radiation, and into the relative importance of contingency and determinism in
evolutionary diversification.
%0 Journal Article
%1 losos2009adaptation
%A Losos, Jonathan B.
%A Ricklefs, Robert E.
%D 2009
%I Nature Publishing Group
%J Nature
%K island_adaptation review
%N 7231
%P 830--836
%T Adaptation and diversification on islands
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07893
%V 457
%X Charles Darwin’s travels on HMS Beagle taught him that islands are an important source of evidence for
evolution. Because many islands are young and have relatively few species, evolutionary adaptation and
species proliferation are obvious and easy to study. In addition, the geographical isolation of many islands has
allowed evolution to take its own course, free of influence from other areas, resulting in unusual faunas and
floras, often unlike those found anywhere else. For these reasons, island research provides valuable insights
into speciation and adaptive radiation, and into the relative importance of contingency and determinism in
evolutionary diversification.
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abstract = {Charles Darwin’s travels on HMS Beagle taught him that islands are an important source of evidence for
evolution. Because many islands are young and have relatively few species, evolutionary adaptation and
species proliferation are obvious and easy to study. In addition, the geographical isolation of many islands has
allowed evolution to take its own course, free of influence from other areas, resulting in unusual faunas and
floras, often unlike those found anywhere else. For these reasons, island research provides valuable insights
into speciation and adaptive radiation, and into the relative importance of contingency and determinism in
evolutionary diversification.},
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author = {Losos, Jonathan B. and Ricklefs, Robert E.},
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title = {Adaptation and diversification on islands},
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