Origins of mangrove ecosystems and the mangrove biodiversity anomaly
AM Ellison, EJ Farnsworth… - Global Ecology and …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Mangrove species richness declines dramatically from a maximum in the Indo‐West Pacific
(IWP) to a minimum in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. Explaining this 'anomalous'
biogeographic pattern has been a focus of discussion for most of this century. 2. Two
hypotheses have been put forward to explain the mangrove biodiversity anomaly. The
'centre‐of‐origin hypothesis' asserts that all mangrove taxa originated in the IWP and
subsequently dispersed to other parts of the world. The 'vicariance hypothesis' asserts that …
(IWP) to a minimum in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. Explaining this 'anomalous'
biogeographic pattern has been a focus of discussion for most of this century. 2. Two
hypotheses have been put forward to explain the mangrove biodiversity anomaly. The
'centre‐of‐origin hypothesis' asserts that all mangrove taxa originated in the IWP and
subsequently dispersed to other parts of the world. The 'vicariance hypothesis' asserts that …
