Nestedness of Southern Ocean island biotas: ecological perspectives on a biogeographical conundrum

• Main Authors: Greve, M., Gremmen, N.J.M., Gaston, K.J., Chown, S.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD 2007
• Subjects: biological invasions; colonization; endemicity; Insulantarctica; nestedness; sub-Antarctic; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Pacific; New Zealand; Single Island; Major Island; Antarc*; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/119952

Aim To use patterns of nestedness in the indigenous and non-indigenous biotas of the Southern Ocean islands to determine the influence of dispersal ability on biogeographical patterns, and the importance of accounting for variation in dispersal ability in their subsequent interpretation, especially...