Is there a robust effect of mainland mutualism rates on species richness of oceanic islands?
In island biogeography, it is widely accepted that species richness on island depends on the area and isolation of the island as well as the species pool on the mainland. Delavaux et al. (2024) suggest that species richness on oceanic islands also depends on the proportion of mutualists on the mainland, based on the idea that mutualists require specific interaction partners for their survival and thus have lower chances of establishment after successful immigration. As the proportion of mutualists increases towards the tropics, this effect could explain a weaker latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) for oceanic islands. However, after re-analyzing their data, we have doubts if these conclusions are supported by the available data.
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