Authors
AJ Rominger, KR Goodman, JY Lim, EE Armstrong, LE Becking, GM Bennett, MS Brewer, DD Cotoras, CP Ewing, J Harte, ND Martinez, PM O'grady, DM Percy, DK Price, GK Roderick, KL Shaw, FS Valdovinos, DS Gruner, RG Gillespie
Publication date
2016/7
Journal
Global ecology and biogeography
Volume
25
Issue
7
Pages
769-780
Description
Aim
Understanding how ecological and evolutionary processes together determine patterns of biodiversity remains a central aim in biology. Guided by ecological theory, we use data from multiple arthropod lineages across the Hawaiian archipelago to explore the interplay between ecological (population dynamics, dispersal, trophic interactions) and evolutionary (genetic structuring, adaptation, speciation, extinction) processes. Our goal is to show how communities develop from the dynamic feedbacks that operate at different temporal and spatial scales.
Location
The Hawaiian islands (19–22° N, 155–160° W).
Methods
We synthesize genetic data from selected arthropods across the Hawaiian archipelago to determine the relative role of dispersal and in situ differentiation across the island chronosequence. From four sites on three high islands with geological ages ranging from < 1 Ma to 5 Ma, we also …
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