ETIB‐T: An Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography for plant traits
ETIB‐T: An Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography for plant traits
Julian Schrader,I. Wright,4 Authors,M. Westoby
TLDR
This work builds on ETIB's principle of community equilibria and investigates how these processes affect plant functional traits over time, which provides additional information in understanding the assembly of island biotas.
Abstract
The Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography (ETIB) posits that species richness on islands represents a dynamic equilibrium between immigration and extinction. ETIB makes predictions about numbers of species and biogeographical rates, but not about species identities or functional traits. However, functional traits provide additional information in understanding the assembly of island biotas. Here, we build on ETIB's principle of community equilibria and investigate how these processes affect plant functional traits over time.