1. Life’s islands under the sea
Michael Gross 
Current Biology 
Volume 27, Issue 19, Pages R1037-R1040 (October 2017)
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2. Splendid isolation: Biodiversity on and around islands can be very different from the nearest mainland. Island biogeography models these phenomena on the basis of dispersal and extinction. (Photo: Falco Ermert/Flickr by a CC BY 2.0 licence.)
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3. Evolving diversity: Darwin’s observation of species diversity on the Galápagos Islands was a key inspiration for his work on evolution. Illustrations from Gould, J. (1839). Birds. In The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Darwin, C.R. ed. (London: Smith Elder and Co.). Right image © Linda Hall Library.
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4. Shining example: Hypleurochilus brasil – an example of the endemic fish species studied by Pinheiro and colleagues at the Vitoria Trinidade Chain in the South Atlantic. (Photo: Raphael M. Macieira.)
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5. Coral triangle: Corals in the area between the Pacific and Indian Oceans support an unparalleled biodiversity. Ecologists are working to establish if the diversity converges there or whether it originates and spreads from there. (Photo: Andreas März/Flickr by a CC BY 2.0 licence.)
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