Molecular phylogeography of the Society Islands (Tahiti; South Pacific) reveals departures from hotspot archipelago models

摘要

AimPhylogeographical and modelling studies have suggested that the biotas of oceanic hotspot archipelagos (such as the Hawaiian, Canary and Galapagos islands) diversify in parallel with the formation of the islands on which they live. Here, we review the phylogeography of the native terrestrial biota of the Society Islands, an archipelago formed 4.6Ma, to test this model.