Archipelagos and meta-archipelagos

Robert J. Whittaker; José María Fernández-Palacios; Thomas J. Matthews; François Rigal; Kostas A. Triantis

doi:10.21425/F5FBG41470

Archipelagos and meta-archipelagos

Robert J. Whittaker^*, José María Fernández-Palacios, Thomas J. Matthews, François Rigal, Kostas A. Triantis

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Abstract

The term meta-archipelago has been in use in cultural studies for some time, to refer to certain complex island areas in which the boundaries between conventionally recognised archipelagos are indistinct, although the concept also carries additional connotations. Use of the term in biogeography appears more recent and without effort to prescribe its meaning. We outline, from a biogeographical perspective, distinctions between meta-archipelagos and archipelagos and those islands not occurring within either collective grouping, highlighting that network analysis tools provide metrics for formal analytical purposes.

Original language	English
Article number	e41470
Journal	Frontiers of Biogeography
Volume	10
Issue number	3-4
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1948-6596
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG41470
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Biogeographical regions
Island biogeography
Meta-archipelago
Modularity
Network analysis

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