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Environmental Science

Why Insular Biogeography Explains Species Richness on Remote Archipelagoes

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The equilibrium theory of island biogeography predicts that the number of species on an island reaches a dynamic balance between immigration and extinction rates, with larger and closer islands supporting more species.

Why this is interesting

Why are remote islands like the Galápagos home to species found nowhere else on Earth, yet have far fewer species than a similar-sized area of mainland?