In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region

• Published in: Biological Reviews
• Main Authors: Fernández‐Palacios, JM, Otto, R, Capelo, J, Caujapé‐Castells, J, de Nascimento, L, Duarte, MC, Elias, RB, García‐Verdugo, C, Menezes de Sequeira, M, Médail, F, Naranjo‐Cigala, A, Patiño, J, Price, J, Romeiras, MM, Sánchez‐Pinto, L, Whittaker, RJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Webb; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13112; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9b97584f-43f3-4162-b8d6-8e415bb482f7

Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira with the tiny Selvagens, the Canaries and Cabo Verde, and for some authors different continental coastal strips, has been unde...