title: Evolutionary biology: speciation on islands.
abstract: One of the strongest rules of biological diversity - the observation that more species live on large islands than on small ones - is usually attributed to the balance between colonization and extinction. But speciation on islands cannot be ignored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. dvnp@mail.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Daven C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Presgraves
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Glor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D004463:Ecology; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D005843:Geography; D008954:Models, Biological; D010802:Phylogeny; D011157:Population Dynamics