The island syndrome

Baeckens, Simon;Van Damme, Raoul
(2020) Current Biology — Vol. 30, n° 8, p. R338-R339 (2020)

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  • Baeckens, SimonUCLouvain
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  • Van Damme, RaoulUniversity of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Wilrijk, Belgium
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What is the island syndrome? Organisms on islands predictably differ from their continental counterparts in a host of ecological, behavioural, and morphological traits. Together, the differences are referred to as the ‘island syndrome’. The phenomenon has been described in a wide variety of animal and plant species
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Baeckens, S., & Van Damme, R. (2020). The island syndrome. Current Biology, 30(8), R338-R339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.029 (Original work published 2020)