@article{fdi:010064117, title = {{D}iversity regulation at macro-scales : species richness on oceanic archipelagos}, author = {{T}riantis, {K}. {A}. and {E}conomo, {E}. {P}. and {G}uilhaumon, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {R}icklefs, {R}. {E}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}im{U}nderstanding the mechanisms that generate diversity patterns requires analyses at spatial and temporal scales that are appropriate to the dispersal capacities and ecological requirements of organisms. {O}ceanic archipelagos provide a range of island sizes and configurations which should predictably influence colonization, diversification and extinction. {T}o explore the influence of these factors on archipelagic diversity, we relate the numbers of native and endemic species of vascular plants, birds, land snails and spiders - taxa having different dispersal capabilities and population densities - to the number and sizes of islands in the major oceanic archipelagos of the globe. {L}ocation{F}ourteen major oceanic archipelagos of the globe. {M}ethods{S}pecies richness was collated for native and endemic species in each archipelago. {W}e used linear mixed effect models to quantify the influence on diversity of total area, number of islands, isolation and latitude. {W}e then applied process-based modelling in a {B}ayesian framework to evaluate how speciation, colonization and extinction are influenced by characteristics of archipelagos associated with species richness, i.e. area, isolation and number of islands. {R}esults{W}e found parallel scaling of species richness among taxa with respect to total area and number of islands across groups. {T}he process-based model supported effects of isolation on colonization and of area and number of islands on extinction rates, with the scaling exponents mostly similar across taxa. {D}ata are consistent with a range of scaling exponents for speciation rate, implying that those relationships are difficult to infer from the data used. {C}onclusions{W}e demonstrate an unexpected parallel scaling of species richness of four taxa with area and number of islands for the major oceanic archipelagos of the globe. {W}e infer that this scaling arises through similar effects of the physical characteristics of archipelagos on extinction, colonization and speciation rates across these disparate taxa, indicating that similar mechanisms have created variation in diversity.}, keywords = {{A}nagenesis ; {B}ayesian inference ; colonization ; cladogenesis ; extinction ; linear mixed effect models ; macroecology ; scale ; speciation ; species-area relationship ; {ACORES} ; {CANARIAS} ; {COMORES} ; {GALAPAGOS} ; {GOLFE} {DE} {GUINEE} ; {HAWAII} ; {JUAN} {FERNANDEZ} ; {PACIFIQUE} {ILES} ; {MADEIRA} ; {ATLANTIQUES} {ILES} ; {MARQUISES} ; {SAMOA} ; {POLYNESIE} ; {MASCAREIGNES} ; {MARIANAS} {NORTHERN} ; {MICRONESIE} ; {SOCIETE} {ILES} ; {TRISTAN} {DA} {CUNHA}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{G}lobal {E}cology and {B}iogeography}, volume = {24}, numero = {5}, pages = {594--605}, ISSN = {1466-822{X}}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1111/geb.12301}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064117}, }