• Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: The role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance 

      Kienle, David; Walentowitz, Anna; Sungur, Leyla; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Irl, Severin D. H.; Jentsch, Anke; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Field, Richard; Beierkuhnlein, Carl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Oceanic islands are cradles of endemism, contributing substantially to global biodiversity. A similarity in magmatic origin translates into high global comparability of substrates of volcanic islands on the oceanic crust ...
    • Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism 

      Flantua, Suzette; Payne, Davnah; Borregaard, Michael Krabbe; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Dullinger, Stefan; Essl, Franz; Irl, Severin D.H.; Kienle, David; Kreft, Holger; Lenzner, Bernd; Norder, Sietze J.; Rijsdijk, Kenneth F.; Rumpf, Sabine B.; Weigelt, Patrick; Field, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Aim Mountains and islands are both well known for their high endemism. To explain this similarity, parallels have been drawn between the insularity of “true islands” (land surrounded by water) and the isolation of habitats ...