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ArticleEcology letters2025

Recent and Rapid Assembly of an Island Species-Area Relationship Threatened by Human Disturbance.

Luiz Jardim de Queiroz, Timothy J Alexander, Daniela Achleitner, Martin Luger, Hubert Gassner, Carmela J Doenz, Soraya Villalba, Lukas Rüber, Rampal S Etienne, Luis Valente and 1 more

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Article in Ecology letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors.

Luiz Jardim de QueirozNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5524-6281
Timothy J AlexanderSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.
Daniela AchleitnerFederal Agency for Water Management, Institute for Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Management, Mondsee, Austria.
Martin LugerFederal Agency for Water Management, Institute for Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Management, Mondsee, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3751-2291
Hubert GassnerFederal Agency for Water Management, Institute for Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Management, Mondsee, Austria.
Carmela J DoenzSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-7623
Soraya VillalbaSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.
Lukas RüberInstitute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE), University of Bern (UniBe), Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0125-008X
Rampal S EtienneGroningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen (RUG), Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2142-7612
Luis ValenteNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4247-8785
Ole SeehausenSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6598-1434

Funding

Academic Transition Grant by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) 5221.00979.008.05 ATG21Basler Stiftung für biologisch ForschungFederal Office for the Environment (FOEN)Postdoc Mobility grant by Swiss National Science Foundation P500PB-214382University of BernVidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) 016.Vidi.189.006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The island species-area relationship (ISAR) describes how larger islands support more species. ISARs of isolated oceanic archipelagos, assembled over millions of years, typically show positive relationships, steep slopes, and species richness equilibrium. However, it remains unclear how quickly such characteristics emerge. We compiled a dataset for fish communities of 79 postglacial peri-Alpine lakes and report an ISAR, formed de novo in less than 15,000 years, that partially mirrors older systems, but has an asymptotic shape. Immigration and speciation, the main ISAR drivers, are primarily associated with area and depth, respectively. Immigration increases with area, while speciation is promoted by greater depth, likely due to species depletion in the source pool and ecological constraints on speciation. This young ISAR has been reshaped by anthropogenic activities, with species introductions erasing its asymptotic shape. We demonstrate that ISARs can develop rapidly after insular habitat formation, offering insights into patterns of biodiversity assembly.

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Anthropogenic EffectsBiodiversityEcosystemFishesIslandsAnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesLakesadaptive radiationAlpsendemismextinctionfishfreshwaterglacial lakesisland biogeographyspecies introductionspecies richness

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PMID41047714
PMCPMC12498083

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