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The study of islands has provided fundamental insights for our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes that affect the biodiversity of ecosystems. Experimental studies and observations on islands have a long tradition, with Darwin (1859) and Wallace (1881) advancing the ideas of evolution and speciation. More recently, the island biogeography theory of MacArthur and Wilson (1967) provided an important boost for ecology which became increasingly important in view of the rapidly increasing fragmentation of habitats all over the world. Current investigations on islands take different aspects of biodiversity research into consideration, such as species-area relationships and patterns of species richness (for survey see Adsersen 1995; Vitousek et al. 1996).
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Barthlott, W., Porembski, S. (2000). Why Study Inselbergs?. In: Porembski, S., Barthlott, W. (eds) Inselbergs. Ecological Studies, vol 146. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59773-2_1
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