Vascular plant species‐area relationships on Nui Atoll, Tuvalu, Central Pacific: a reassessment of the small island effect
作者:
COLIN D. WOODROFFE,
期刊:
Australian Journal of Ecology
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 1
页码: 21-31
ISSN:0307-692X
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1986.tb00914.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractNui Atoll, an isolated atoll in Tuvalu, has a total vascular flora of 86 species, including a large number of introduced species. If only the 44 species considered indigenous are examined, there exists a strong linear relationship (r2= 0.94) between the total number of species and the logarithm of island area, over the entire wide range of island sizes from 0.01 ha to 138 ha. This relationship is strong for both three species and herb species, but weak for shrub species for which there is a limited pool of potential colonists. This relationship is stronger than on other Pacific atolls and does not support the existence of a ‘small island effect’. The strong linear relationship on Nui is attributed to uniformity of reef island substrate, distribution and isodimensionality of reef islands, stability of islands and infrequency of catastrophic events and the absence of large monospecific stands, especially of shrub species, characteristic of drier ato
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