Species-area relationships and additive partitioning of diversity of native and nonnative herpetofauna of the West Indies.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the regional biogeographical patterns of West Indian native and nonnative herpetofauna, we derived and updated data on the presence/absence of all herpetofauna in this region from the recently published reviews. We divided the records into 24 taxonomic groups and classified each species as native or nonnative at each locality. For each taxonomic group and in aggregate, we then assessed the following: (1) multiple species-area relationship (SAR) models; (2) C- and Z-values, typically interpreted to represent insularity or dispersal ability; and (3) the average diversity of islands, among-island heterogeneity, γ-diversity, and the contribution of area effect toward explaining among-island heterogeneity using additive diversity partitioning approach. We found the fol

SUBMITTER: Gao 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093157 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature