BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Insular Biogeography, Krakatoa, Robert Macarthur
10 Dec 2016
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The island of krakatau: krakatau was a volcanic island in indonesia in between two other islands, on august 26th and 27th, 1883, there was a serious of explosions, which were among the. In 1884, there was no life, except for a single spider: the explosion rendered the island lifeless. The theory of island biogeography explains how plants and animals distribute in a new environment: 1n 1967, robert macarthur and e. o. Wilson wrote a book outlining the theory: called the theory of island biogeography, allows us to predict diversity in ecological time, species number is defined by two forces, immigration. Immigration is affected by isolation: how far is the island from the mainland, source populations come from the mainland, how do maximize species diversity, make it large and close to the mainland, s*3
