Founder effect

A few individuals form a population start a new population with a different allele frequency than the original population.

Sampling error can arise is through the founder effect, which results from the establishment of a population by a small number of individuals.

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Island biota size varies with distance from the source pool and island size.

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

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

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Larger populations are more resistant to extinctions.

Greater ranges of habitats promote increased speciation rates.

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

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Area is directly proportional to the number of species.

Tropical have highest species due to the area.