Drivers of diversity in Macaronesian spiders and the role of species extinctions

• Author(s): Cardoso, Pedro ; Arnedo, Miquel A. ; Triantis, Kostas A. ; Borges, Paulo A. V.
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1638
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Patterns of Diversity; Azores; Canary Islands; Deforestation; Habitat Loss; Indicator Taxa; Island Age; Species–Area Relationship; Araneae; Madeira Islands; Selvagens
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing. AIM To identify the biogeographical factors underlying spider species richness in the Macaronesian region and assess the importance of species extinctions in shaping the current diversity. LOCATION The European archipelagos of Macaronesia with an emphasis on the Azores and Canary Islands.