Tropical group of islands in Ang Thong National Marine Park. Viktor Gladkov/Alamy Stock Photo.
A new paper co-authored by Professor Rob Whittaker, Vice-Principal and Fellow in Geography, has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The paper provides the first analysis to test the combined effects of underlying processes on the emergent patterns of island diversity and reveals that islands’ biodiversity is less affected by their remoteness than expected.
Find out more in the news story at the School of Geography and the Environment below.