@article {12710,
	title = {A proposal for a chorotype classification of the Near East fauna, in the framework of the Western Palearctic region.},
	journal = {BiogeographiaBiogeographia},
	volume = {20},
	year = {1999},
	pages = {31-59},
	keywords = {Kape Chilopoda Coleoptera Amphibia Reptilia},
	author = {Taglianti, A.V. and Audisio, P. and Biondi, M. and Bologna, M. A. and Carpaneto, G. M. and de Biase, A. and Fattorini, S. and Piattella, E. and Sindaco, R. and Venchi, A. and Zapparoli, M}
}
@article {5891,
	title = {On the general dynamic model of oceanic island biogeography},
	journal = {Journal of BiogeographyJournal of Biogeography},
	volume = {36},
	number = {6},
	year = {2009},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {1100-1110},
	abstract = {Aim To investigate the biological meaning of equations used to apply the general dynamic model (GDM) of oceanic island biogeography proposed by R. J. Whittaker, K. A. Triantis and R. J. Ladle. Location Analyses are presented for 17 animal groups living on the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the central Mediterranean, near Sicily. Methods In addition to the mathematical implementation of the GDM proposed by Whittaker, Triantis and Ladle, and termed here logATT(2) (S = a + d log A + bt + ct(2), where S is species number or any other diversity metric, t is island age, A is island area, and a, b, c and d are fitted parameters), a new implementation based on the Arrhenius equation of the species-area relationship (SAR) is investigated. The new model (termed powerATT(2)) is: S = aA(d) + bt + ct(2). For logATT(2) and powerATT(2) models, equations were developed to calculate (1) the expected number of species at equilibrium (i. e. when the island has reached maturity) per unit area (S(eq)), and (2) the time required to obtain this value (t(eq)). Whereas the intercept in the Gleason model (S = C + z log A) or the coefficient of the Arrhenius power model (S = CA(z)) of the SAR can be considered measures of the expected number of species per unit area, this is not the case for the parameter a of the ATT(2) models. However, values of S(eq) can be used for this purpose. The index of {\textquoteright}colonization ability{\textquoteright} (CAB), calculated as the ratio CAB S(eq)/t(eq), may provide a measure of the mean number of species added per unit area per unit time. Results Both ATT(2) models fitted most of the data well, but the powerATT(2) model was in most cases superior. Equilibrial values of species richness (S(eq)) varied from c. 3 species km(-2) (reptiles) to 100 species km(-2) (mites). The fitted curves for the powerATT(2) model showed large variations in d, from 0.03 to 3. However, most groups had values of d around 0.2-0.4, as commonly observed for the z-values of SARs modelled by a power function. Equilibration times ranged from about 170,000 years to 400,000 years. Mites and springtails had very high values of CAB, thus adding many more species per unit area per unit time than others. Reptiles and phytophagous scarabs showed very low values, being the groups that added fewest species per unit area per unit time. Main conclusions Values of equilibrial species richness per unit area are influenced by species biology (e. g. body size and ecological specialization). Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that higher immigration rates should increase the z-values of the Arrhenius model. Thus, in the same archipelago, groups with larger z-values should be characterized by higher dispersal ability. Results obtained here for the parameter d conform to this prediction.},
	isbn = {0305-0270},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5892,
	title = {Darkling beetle communities in two geologically contrasting biotopes: testing biodiversity patterns by microsite comparisons},
	journal = {Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyBiological Journal of the Linnean SocietyBiological Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {98},
	number = {4},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 524FBTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 35},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {787-793},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Studies at a microsite scale, where most of the environmental variation can be reduced to a few factors, may help to identify the actual contribution of a particular environmental factor to community organization. Climate is known to be an important factor for regulating animal diversity. However, for soil-dwelling animals, the role of soil characteristics can hardly be extracted out because of the inter-relationships between climate and soil. The community structure of soil-dwelling darkling beetles inhabiting the two geologically highly contrasting west- and east-facing slopes (WFS and EFS, respectively) of the Mediterranean island of Santorini (Greece) was investigated in a case study aiming to assess the separate influence of soil characteristics and climate. Eroded pumice soils of EFS allowed a higher abundance of darkling beetle individuals and biomass, hosting more productive vegetation and being more penetrable to fossorial larvae. Moreover, the two slopes differed significantly with respect to the abundance of certain species that are characterized by a peculiar morphological adaptation to different soil characteristics. Thus, local geological sharp divergence led to darkling beetle interslope community differences as a result of local selection towards certain species. However, the two communities are similar in terms of darkling beetle diversity, evenness, and species niche-breadth. This demonstrates that sites sharing the same climatic conditions tend to have similarly structured darkling beetle communities, even if there are marked differences in soil characteristics that promote differences in species composition, thus suggesting that climate is the major factor for regulating species diversity. (C) 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 98, 787-793.},
	keywords = {Coleoptera Tenebrionidae, COLEOPTERA-TENEBRIONIDAE, diversity, evenness, EVOLUTION CANYON, geometric series, island, Israel, local, LOWER NAHAL-OREN, Mediterranean, MT-CARMEL, NEGEV HIGHLANDS, niche partitioning, selection, species abundance, Species richness},
	isbn = {0024-4066},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5893,
	title = {The use of cumulative area curves in biological conservation: A cautionary note},
	journal = {Acta OecologicaActa Oecologica},
	volume = {36},
	number = {2},
	year = {2009},
	note = {Export Date: 8 November 2011Source: Scopus},
	pages = {255-258},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
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	volume = {39},
	number = {46},
	year = {2006},
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	month = {2006///},
	pages = {3919-3949},
	abstract = {This research aimed to study the origin and the biogeographical relationships of the tenebrionid beetle (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) fauna of the island of Thasos, with reference to the other Aegean Islands. A total of 32 Aegean Islands and 170 taxa (species and subspecies), 23 of which occur on Thasos, were included in this study. Nine tenebrionid species are here reported for the first time from Thasos, including the first records of Platydema europaeum and Nelassus plebejus from the Aegean Islands. Several models (linear, exponential, power, logistic, Gompertz, Weibull and Lomolino functions) were used to test the species-area relationship. The power function appeared to be the most appropriate model and the parameters of the curve suggest a possible relict character for this fauna. The proportion of Balkan taxa on the islands sharply decreases from west to east, whereas the Anatolian taxa follow an opposite trend. Multi-dimensional scaling, Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity and discriminant function analysis revealed a clear faunal discontinuity between the western and central Aegean Islands on one side, and the islands close to the Anatolian coast on the other. This discontinuity, consistent with the persistence (from Messinian to Pleistocene) of a sea barrier between these two groups of islands, strongly supports the importance of Pleistocene island configurations in determining present distributional patterns. The comparative richness of the tenebrionid fauna on Thasos is enhanced by the proximity of the island to the mainland and the diversity of its surviving habitats. {\textcopyright} 2005 Taylor \& Francis.},
	keywords = {distributional patterns, east mediterranean, faunal similarity, Island Biogeography, species-area relationship, tenebrionidae},
	author = {Fattorini, S. and Fowles, A.P.}
}
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	journal = {BiotaBiota},
	volume = {1},
	number = {2},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {61{\textendash}65},
	keywords = {Coleoptera},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
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	journal = {Belgian Journal of ZoologyBelgian Journal of Zoology},
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	month = {2002///},
	pages = {55-64},
	abstract = {This paper analyses the species-area relationship in the Aegean tenebrionids in order to discriminate between relict and dynamic models. Using different statistical approaches, the following eco-geographic variables were tested as predictors of the tenebrionid richness on 32 Aegean Islands: latitude, longitude, area, maximum elevation, distance to the mainland, and distance to the nearest island. Area was identified as an important predictor, while neither distance to the mainland nor distance to the nearest island was identified as of any statistical importance in affecting tenebrionid richness. Thus, as proposed for other very sedentary animals inhabiting this archipelago such as land snails, a relict model is postulated. As most tenebrionids have extremely limited ability to actively disperse over the sea, ancestral species have probably colonised the Aegean Islands by means of land-bridges during Pleistocene falls in the sea level.},
	keywords = {Coleoptera, Greece, Island Biogeography, Relict models, tenebrionidae},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5877,
	title = {Relict versus dynamic models for tenebrionid beetles of Aegean Islands (Greece) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)},
	journal = {Belgian Journal of ZoologyBelgian Journal of Zoology},
	volume = {132},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {55{\textendash}64},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5878,
	title = {Biogeography of the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on the Aegean Islands (Greece)},
	journal = {Journal of BiogeographyJournal of Biogeography},
	volume = {29},
	number = {1},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Times Cited: 15ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 59522wj},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {49-67},
	abstract = {Aim This research aimed to study if a transitional character can be postulated for the tenebrionid beetle (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) fauna of the Aegean Islands, and to identify ecological and historical factors responsible for observed patterns.Location Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean Islands.Methods A total of 32 Aegean Islands and 166 taxa (species and subspecies) were included in this study. In order to assess whether the Aegean tenebrionid fauna is mainly equilibrial or relictual, the importance of different eco-geographical variables (i.e. area, latitude, longitude, distance to the nearest island, distance to the mainland) in determining species richness and endemicity levels was analysed by using several statistical methods. These included single regressions, multiple regressions, and partial correlations. Cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling (MS) and discriminant function analysis (DFA) were used to quantify the similarities between the islands. Regression lines were used to study variations in the proportion of Balkan and Anatolian species. Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE) was used to study possible relationships between hierarchical species assemblages and palaeogeographical reconstructions.Results Island area accounted for most variability in species number. Distances to the nearest island and to the mainland were not identified as of any statistical importance in affecting species number. The proportion of Balkan taxa sharply decreases from west to east, whereas the Anatolian taxa follow an opposite trend. The proportion of endemic taxa appears uncorrelated with island present isolation, while the proportion of subendemic taxa appears to be affected by present distance to mainland and interisland distances. Cluster analysis, MS and DFA, as well as PAE, revealed a clear faunal discontinuity between the western and central Aegean Islands on one side, and the islands close to the Anatolian coast on the other side. This discontinuity, consistent with the persistence (from Messinian to Pleistocene) of a sea barrier between these two groups of islands, strongly supports the importance of Pleistocene island configurations in determining present distributional patterns.Main conclusions The tenebrionid fauna of the Aegean Islands appears to be relictual. Most of the tenebrionid species have probably colonized the Aegean Islands by means of land-bridges during Pleistocene falls in the sea level. The palaeogeography of Pleistocene island groupings is identified as responsible for present levels of endemicity and distributional patterns. An overall transitional character can be observed for the tenebrionid fauna in the study area. However, in accordance with the persistence of a deep sea barrier between the western and the eastern islands, these two groups appear to harbour very distinct faunas.},
	keywords = {archipelago, distributional patterns, distributions, east mediterranean, endemicity, faunal similarity, Island Biogeography, mammals, north-american, Oniscidea, patterns, relict, Relict models, snails, species-area relationship, tenebrionidae, terrestrial isopods isopoda},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5879,
	title = {A simple method to fit geometric series and broken stick models in community ecology and island biogeography},
	journal = {Acta OecologicaActa Oecologica},
	volume = {28},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Times Cited: 0ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 43999yf},
	month = {NOV-DEC},
	pages = {199-205},
	abstract = {Species abundance distributions are widely used in explaining natural communities. their natural evolution and the impacts of environmental disturbance. A commonly used approach is that of rank-abundance distributions. Favored, biologically founded models are the geometric series (GS) and the broken stick (BS) model. Comparing observed abundance distributions with those predicted by models is an extremely time-consuming task. Also, using goodness-of-fit tests for frequency distributions (like Chi-square or Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests) to compare observed with expected frequencies is problematic because the best way to calculate expected frequencies may be controversial. More important, the Chi-square test may prove if an observed distribution statistically differs from a model, but does not allow the investigator to choose among competing models from which the observed distribution does not differ. Both models can be easily tested by regression analysis. In GS, if a log scale is used for abundance, the species exactly fall along a straight line. The BS distribution shows tip as nearly linear when a log scale is used for the rank axis. Regression analysis is proposed here as a simpler and more efficient method to fit the GS and BS models. Also, regression analysis (1) does not suffer from assumptions related to Chi-square tests; (2) obviates the need to establish expected frequencies, and (3) offers the possibility to choose the best fit among competing models. A possible extension of abundance-rank analysis to species richness on islands is also proposed as a method to discriminate between relict and equilibrial models. Examples of application to field data are also presented. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {assemblages, broken stick, curves, diversity patterns, explanation, geometric series, Greece, Island Biogeography, plant-communities, rank-abundance plots, regression analysis, species abundance distributions, species abundance patterns, tenebrionid beetles Coleoptera},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
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	month = {2006///},
	pages = {203-211},
	abstract = {The latitudinal pattern of tenebrionid (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) biodiversity on the Aegean Islands (Greece) was analysed. To remove the obvious influence of area on species richness, several species-area relationships, including power, exponential, negative exponential, logistic, Gompertz, Weibull, Lomolino, and He-Legendre functions, were applied. Residuals were retained as measures of species richness corrected for area. The power function model appeared to be the most convenient one. Species richness was not statistically related to latitude. However, when the confounding effect of area was removed, tenebrionid species richness and levels of endemism increased significantly at lower latitudes. This latitudinal pattern can be explained both as a consequence of increasing mean annual temperatures at lower latitudes (favouring thermophilic species) and as a reflection of the role in speciation played by southern areas during Tertiary land evolution and Pleistocene eco-geographic conditions.},
	keywords = {east mediterranean, Island Biogeography, Latitudinal gradient, Species-area relationships, tenebrionidae},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
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	journal = {Evolutionary Ecology ResearchEvolutionary Ecology Research},
	volume = {8},
	number = {2},
	year = {2006},
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	month = {2006///},
	pages = {237-263},
	abstract = {Question: How do present and historical factors influence beta and gamma diversity of strictly resident animals on a land-bridge archipelago? Data description: Islands were characterized in terms of present geography, shape, area size, habitat diversity and paleogeography. Diversity patterns are based on 170 tenebrionid taxa from 32 islands (Greece). Search method: The influence of present eco-geographic variables on gamma diversity (species numbers) was assessed using pairwise correlations, multiple regressions and path analysis. Canonical correspondence analysis was applied to study the influence of present and past island characteristics (represented by multidimensional spaces) on beta diversity (calculated as biogeographic similarity among islands). Fuzzy analysis was applied to determine island groupings based on beta diversity. Conclusions: Larger islands have more species because they have more habitats. Distance and shape effects were small. Thus present colonization processes do not play a substantial role. Tenebrionids colonized the islands by Pleistocene land-bridges. Larger islands retained more species. Beta diversity was moulded mostly by paleogeographic conditions. The Aegean Islands were subject to a twofold colonization process. Relatively few species have been able to cross the middle Aegean sea barrier to colonize islands far from their mainland source. {\textcopyright} 2006 Simone Fattorini.},
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	author = {Fattorini, S.}
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@article {5882,
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	journal = {Animal ConservationAnimal Conservation},
	volume = {9},
	number = {1},
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@article {5889,
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	journal = {Journal of Insect ConservationJournal of Insect ConservationJournal of Insect Conservation},
	volume = {12},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2008},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 307TKTimes Cited: 11Cited Reference Count: 42},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {251-263},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {This paper attempts to use museum collection data to estimate measures of species rarity and then to relate these measures to extinction risk. For this purpose, 170 taxa (138 species and 32 subspecies) of tenebrionid beetles from 32 Aegean Islands (Greece) were considered. For each taxon, rarity was evaluated as geographic distribution (mean incidence on islands in the archipelago), potential habitat exploitation (total area of the islands occupied on the total area of the study system) and contactability (number of decades of taxon{\textquoteright}s records on the total number of decades of assumed persistence from 1870 to 2000). All of these indices were correlated to each other. Whether expressed in terms of range size or habitat exploitation rarity was a major determinant of a species{\textquoteright} risk of extinction (evaluated as extinction decade). Thus, the designation of rarity provides a good basis for identifying species that are most in need of conservation at a particular scale.},
	keywords = {areas, BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS, BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS, conservation, diversity, extinction, Geographic distribution, Greece, habitat specialization, Island Biogeography, ISLANDS GREECE, patterns, population size, vulnerability},
	isbn = {1366-638X},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5883,
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	month = {AUG},
	pages = {1169-1180},
	abstract = {Any method of identifying hotspots should take into account the effect of area on species richness. I examined the importance of the species-area relationship in determining tenebrionid (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) hotspots on the Aegean Islands (Greece). Thirty-two islands and 170 taxa (species and subspecies) were included in this study. I tested several species-area relationship models with linear and nonlinear regressions, including power exponential, negative exponential, logistic, Gompertz, Weibull, Lomolino, and He-Legendre functions. Islands with positive residuals were identified as hotspots. I also analyzed the values of the C parameter of the power function and the simple species-area ratios. Species richness was significantly correlated with island area for all models. The power function model was the most convenient one, Most functions, however, identified certain islands as hotspots. The importance of endemics in insular biotas should be evaluated carefully because they are of high conservation concern. The simple use of the species-area relationship can be problematic when areas with no endemics are included. Therefore the importance of endemics should be evaluated according to different methods, such as percentages, to take into account different levels of endemism and different kinds of "endemics" (e.g., endemic to single islands vs. endemic to the archipelago). Because the species-area relationship is a key pattern in ecology, my findings can be applied at broader scales.},
	keywords = {aegean islands greece, biogeography, Coleoptera, Coleoptera Tenebrionidae, conservation priorities, diversity, endemism, Greece, Island Biogeography, models, richness, tenebrionidae, terrestrial isopods isopoda},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5884,
	title = {Non-randomness in the species-area relationship: testing the underlying mechanisms},
	journal = {OikosOikosOikos},
	volume = {116},
	number = {4},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 151TKTimes Cited: 13Cited Reference Count: 60},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {678-689},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The species-area relationship (SAR) is one of the best documented patterns in ecology. However, interrelations between the SAR and species distributions are largely unexplored. This research was aimed (1) to assess if the SAR for a group of sedentary insects is associated to a random or non-random distribution of species across islands in a land-bridge archipelago, and (2) to investigate possible factors responsible for the non-randomness. Communities of tenebrionid beetles on the Aegean Islands (Greece) were studied as a case of a relict fauna. Three aspects of non-randomness were analysed: (1) non-random variation of species richness in the SAR, (2) degree of nestedness and (3) presence of special patterns of co-occurrence. Species co-occurrence and nestedness analyses indicated that historical aspects, as opposed to interspecific competition or distance-mediated colonization events, have moulded these species distributions.},
	keywords = {aegean islands greece, ASSEMBLY RULES, biogeography, communities, habitat, models, NESTED SUBSET, patterns, relict, richness, tenebrionid beetles Coleoptera},
	isbn = {0030-1299},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5885,
	title = {A statistical method for idiographic analyses in biogeographical research},
	journal = {Diversity and DistributionsDiversity and DistributionsDiversity and Distributions},
	volume = {13},
	number = {6},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 222LBTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 60},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {836-844},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Idiographic analyses (i.e. detailed analyses of single species ranges) can be criticized for subjective and speculative reasoning. Medoid partition is suggested here as a method to perform a statistically supported idiographic analysis. The medoid algorithms attempt to group objects into clusters by finding a set of representative objects called medoids. If areas are the objects that are clustered using species occurrences (0/1) as variables, each cluster will be characterized by a medoid area. The species that characterize each medoid are representative of the entire cluster to which the medoid belongs and can be regarded as (statistically supported) species {\textquoteleft}characteristic{\textquoteright} of the main distributional patterns observed in the study system and can be used to draw idiographic observations. To illustrate the issues involved, the Coleoptera Tenebrionidae of the Aegean Islands (Greece) were analysed. Two species appeared to be characteristic of the Balkan cluster, while eight species were characteristic of the Anatolian one, and two species were equally distributed in both areas. Idiographic considerations based on these species outlined the importance of a Balkano-Anatolian discontinuity in the Aegean that prevented species dispersal between the two landmasses. This study illustrates that medoid analysis may help the researcher to find some representative patterns from a puzzling distribution. Traditional idiographic analyses can be biased by the fact that species are selected ad hoc. Thus, one cannot establish if results are truly objective or if the author intentionally selected, from a wider array of species, those that supported some preferred patterns. Medoid clustering uses the full array of species to find clusters of areas. After clusters are objectively defined, their medoids are examined to find species that mostly contributed to cluster definition, and the distribution patterns of these species are interpreted.},
	keywords = {aegean islands greece, archipelago, area, butterflies, Characteristic species, cluster analysis, Coleoptera Tenebrionidae, COMMUNITY ECOLOGY, conservation, Greece, ISOPODS ISOPODA, medoid algorithms, patterns, species distribution, Species richness, tenebrionid beetles Coleoptera, terrestrial},
	isbn = {1366-9516},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {5886,
	title = {Are planar areas adequate for the species-area relationship?},
	journal = {Italian Journal of ZoologyItalian Journal of ZoologyItalian Journal of Zoology},
	volume = {74},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 203RPTimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 47},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {259-264},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The species-area relationship (SAR) is one of the best documented patterns in macroecology and has wider applications. Measures of areas used in SARs are planar surfaces, not true surface sizes. To explain this difference I assimilated islands to cones, where the cone base is the planar area, and the cone lateral surface is the actual island area. Then, I applied the power function to 20 real-world archipelagos using both the island planar area and the lateral surface area of a cone calculated using island elevations. Although the cone model is obviously a simplistic proxy for the actual area size of islands, this simple exercise shows how a model, which increases only marginally the area sizes in SARs, may improve the fit and change the estimated parameters, suggesting the opportunity of searching for more realistic values of areas than the simple planar surface for modelling SARs.},
	keywords = {aegean islands greece, analysis, BIOGEOGRAPHICAL, curves, HABITAT DIVERSITY, Island Biogeography, models, PAPILIONOIDEA, patterns, powerfunction, richness, SELF-SIMILARITY, species diversity, species-area relationship, tenebrionid beetles Coleoptera},
	isbn = {1125-0003},
	author = {Fattorini, S.}
}
@article {4942,
	title = {Rapporto sessi in <i>Mesobuthus gibbosus </i>(Scorpiones Buthidae).},
	journal = {Bollettino della Societ{\`a} Entomologica ItalianaBollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana},
	volume = {130},
	number = {1},
	year = {1998},
	pages = {3-12},
	abstract = {The sex ratio of M. gibbosus was studied, based on 320 specimens collected at 25 sites in Greece: 21 from the Peloponnesus and 4 from the island of Crete. To discriminate among sexes, pectinal tooth number was utilized. To verify the usefulness of this character, the presence or absence of genital papillae, a character unique to males, was checked. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) photographs of genital papillae and genital  opercula of the species are presented. These structures are very similar, to all appearance, to that of Buthus occitanus observed by light  stereomicroscopy. Among the protonymphs and deutonymphs, the sex ratio was not significantly different from 1:1. The sex ratio of the sample of larger individuals (considered to be adults) from the Peloponnesus was 1:3.36 in  favour of females; the difference from the expected ratio 1:1 was highly significant in the CHI 2 test (P=0.01). The sex ratio of M. gibbosus from the Peloponnesus is critically compared with the sex ratio of a sample from Pindos, northern Greece, which was analysed previously. Temporal and spatial variation in the sex ratio is supposed.},
	keywords = {KAPE},
	author = {Crucitti, P. and Fattorini, S. and Morelli, R.}
}
