DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15159890
title: Table 1 in Scientists' warning - The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

description: Table 1 Examples of radiation events of selected island taxa, contributing significantly to the world’ s biodiversity.
Island/ archipelagoTaxaSpecies numberReferencesCaribbean islandsAnolis lizards≃ 155Losos (2009)Coccothrinax palms50Dransfield et al. (2008)Gal´apagosBulimulus land snails70Chambers (1991)Darwin’ s finches (Geospizinae)15Grant & Grant (2008)Scalesia (Asteraceae)15Fern´andez-Mazuecos et al. (2020)Hawai ʻ iDrosophilid flies≃ 1000O’ Grady & Desalle (2018)Trigonidiinae crickets173Shaw (1995)Lobeliads (Campanulaceae)≃ 126Givnish et al. (2009)Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae)60Kleinkopf et al. (2019)Hylaeus bees60Magnacca (2007)Honeycreepers (Drepanidinae)≃ 60Pratt (2005)Tetragnatha spiders56Cotoras et al. (2018)Silverswords (Asteraceae)28Baldwin & Sanderson (1998)MacaronesiaLaparocerus beetles236 (sp. & ssp.)Machado et al. (2017)Napaeus snails77Alonso & Iba˜nez (2015)Dysdera spiders64Arnedo et al. (2000); Macías-Hern´andez et al. (2016); Crespo et al. (2020)Tarphius beetles64Emerson & Oromí (2005); Borges et al. (2008); Borges et al. (2017)Aeonium clade (Crassulaceae)60Arechavaleta et al. (2005); Borges et al. (2008); Arechavaleta et al. (2010); Borges et al. (2010)Sonchus clade (Asteraceae)35Cho et al. (2019)Echium (Boraginaceae)29García-Maroto et al. (2009); Carvalho et al. (2010)MadagascarDombeya (Malvaceae)≃ 175Skema (2012)Dypsis palms170Dransfield & Beentje (1995)Psychotria (Rubiaceae)143Taylor (2020)Lemurs (Lemuroidea)117Herrera (2017)Pandanus (Pandanaceae)≃ 100Callmander & Laivao (2003)Vangas birds (Vangidae)22Jønsson et al. (2012)MascarenesCratopus (Curculionidae)80Kitson et al. (2013)Psiadia (Asteraceae)27Strijk et al. (2012)Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae)23Le P´echon et al. (2013)New CaledoniaPhyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae)116Munzinger et al. (2016)Psychotria (Rubiaceae)85Barrabe´et al. (2014)Lygosominae skinks≃ 50Smith et al. (2007)Diplodactylid geckos36Skipwith et al. (2019)New GuineaOrchidaceae≃ 2800Vollering et al. (2016)Microhylid frogs (Asterophryinae)> 200Rivera et al. (2017)Birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae)≃ 40Heads (2001)New ZealandHebe (Plantaginaceae)120Bayly & Kellow (2006)Cicadas (Cicadidae)55Arensburger et al. (2004)Olearia (Asteraceae)44https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/speciesDiplodactylid geckos36Nielsen et al. (2011)French PolynesiaMecyclothorax ground beetle101Liebherr (2013)Miocalles flightless weevils67Paulay (1985)Partula tree snails60Lee et al. (2014)Bidens (Asteraceae)24Knope et al. (2020)SulawesiTylomelania freshwater gastropods35Von Rintelen & Glaubrecht (2005)OgasawaraMandarina snails17Chiba (1999)PhilippinesOrchidaceae≃ 1200Buenavista (2017)Earthworm mice (Apomys)30Heaney et al. (2016)Cloud rats (Murinae)18Heaney et al. (2016)FijiPsychotria (Rubiaceae)77Heads (2006)Strumigenys Trap-jaw ants23Sarnat et al. (2019)Homalictus bees22Groom et al. (2013)Juan Fern´andezDendroseris (Asteraceae)11Sang et al. (1994)
The approximate number of endemic species is given and includes both extant and extinct species.All references in this table can be found in Table S1 in the Online Supporting Information.
description: Published as part of Fernández-Palacios, José María, Kreft, Holger, Irl, Severin D. H., Norder, Sietze, Ah-Peng, Claudine, Borges, Paulo A. V., Burns, Kevin C., de Nascimento, Lea, Meyer, Jean-Yves, Montes, Elba & Drake, Donald R., 2021, Scientists' warning - The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril, pp. 4 in Global Ecology and Conservation 31 on page 4, DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01847, http://zenodo.org/record/14744093