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Adapting to Less: Revisiting the Island Syndrome Through MacArthur’s Blurry Glasses

2025-09-08

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<p>What is the island syndrome, and why does it emerge repeatedly across taxa on small-to-medium islands, acrosslatitudes, and throughout geological time? The wide range of interpretations surrounding this phenomenon oftenobscures broader evolutionary patterns—like a forest hidden by its trees.This paper approaches the island syndrome from a bioeconomic perspective and proposes a classification of itsdefining trai...

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DOI: 10.31233/osf.io/kux3b_v1

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