TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warren, Ben H.
A1  - Simberloff, Daniel
A1  - Ricklefs, Robert E.
A1  - Aguilee, Robin
A1  - Condamine, Fabien L.
A1  - Gravel, Dominique
A1  - Morlon, Helene
A1  - Mouquet, Nicolas
A1  - Rosindell, James
A1  - Casquet, Juliane
A1  - Conti, Elena
A1  - Cornuault, Josselin
A1  - Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Jose
A1  - Hengl, Tomislav
A1  - Norder, Sietze J.
A1  - Rijsdijk, Kenneth F.
A1  - Sanmartin, Isabel
A1  - Strasberg, Dominique
A1  - Triantis, Kostas A.
A1  - Valente, Luis M.
A1  - Whittaker, Robert J.
A1  - Gillespie, Rosemary G.
A1  - Emerson, Brent C.
A1  - Thebaud, Christophe
T1  - Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur-Wilson
JF  - Ecology letters
N2  - The study of islands as model systems has played an important role in the development of evolutionary and ecological theory. The 50th anniversary of MacArthur and Wilson's (December 1963) article, An equilibrium theory of insular zoogeography', was a recent milestone for this theme. Since 1963, island systems have provided new insights into the formation of ecological communities. Here, building on such developments, we highlight prospects for research on islands to improve our understanding of the ecology and evolution of communities in general. Throughout, we emphasise how attributes of islands combine to provide unusual research opportunities, the implications of which stretch far beyond islands. Molecular tools and increasing data acquisition now permit re-assessment of some fundamental issues that interested MacArthur and Wilson. These include the formation of ecological networks, species abundance distributions, and the contribution of evolution to community assembly. We also extend our prospects to other fields of ecology and evolution - understanding ecosystem functioning, speciation and diversification - frequently employing assets of oceanic islands in inferring the geographic area within which evolution has occurred, and potential barriers to gene flow. Although island-based theory is continually being enriched, incorporating non-equilibrium dynamics is identified as a major challenge for the future.
KW  - Community assembly
KW  - diversification
KW  - ecosystem functioning
KW  - genomics
KW  - island biogeography
KW  - islands as model systems
KW  - speciation
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12398
SN  - 1461-023X
SN  - 1461-0248
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SP  - 200
EP  - 217
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gardiner, Lauren M.
A1  - Kocyan, Alexander
A1  - Motes, Martin
A1  - Roberts, David L.
A1  - Emerson, Brent C.
T1  - Molecular phylogenetics of Vanda and related genera (Orchidaceae)
JF  - Botanical journal of the Linnean Society
N2  - The genus Vanda and its affiliated taxa are a diverse group of horticulturally important species of orchids occurring mainly in South-East Asia, for which generic limits are poorly defined. Here, we present a molecular study using sequence data from three plastid DNA regions. It is shown that Vanda s.l. forms a clade containing approximately 73 species, including the previously accepted genera Ascocentrum, Euanthe, Christensonia, Neofinetia and Trudelia, and the species Aerides flabellata. Resolution of the phylogenetic relationships of species in Vanda s.l. is relatively poor, but existing morphological classifications for Vanda are incongruent with the results produced. Some novel species relationships are revealed, and a new morphological sectional classification is proposed based on support for these groupings and corresponding morphological characters shared by taxa and their geographical distributions. The putative occurrence of multiple pollination syndromes in this group of taxa, combined with complex biogeographical history of the South-East Asian region, is discussed in the context of these results.(c) 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 173, 549-572.
KW  - Aeridinae
KW  - Ascocentrum
KW  - classification
KW  - Euanthe
KW  - matK
KW  - morphology
KW  - Neofinetia
KW  - psbA-trnH
KW  - trnL
KW  - trnL-F
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12102
SN  - 0024-4074
SN  - 1095-8339
VL  - 173
IS  - 4
SP  - 549
EP  - 572
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -