(Solved): A recent paper on Island Biogeography, Whittaker et al. (2017) Island Biogeography: Taking the lon ...

A recent paper on Island Biogeography, Whittaker et al. (2017) Island Biogeography: Taking the long view of nature's laboratories. Science 357 eaam8326], revisited many concepts in this sub-field of Biogeography. Provide one explanation for why island species are more vulnerable to extinction compared to mainland species A 600- 500 - 400- Type Number of extinctions 300- Islands Mainland 200- 100- 0 All Birds Plants Invertebrates Taxon