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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The number of species should decrease with increasing distance of the island from the mainland - The species distance hypothesis

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The number of species should increase with increasing island size. This is also known as the species-area hypothesis.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Larger populations are more resistant to extinctions.  Greater ranges of habitats promote increased speciation rates.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Fast generation and high mutation rate in tropical leads to greater evolution rate. 

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The species-area hypothesis

            S = cAz

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles