Islands contribute disproportionately high amounts of evolutionary diversity in passerine birds
Island systems generally have fewer species than continental areas due to their small size and geographical isolation. Low island diversity reduces the possibility of exportation of island lineages and island systems are not thought to have a major influence on the build-up of continental diversity....
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Nature Pub. Group
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600755/ |