02119nas a2200265   4500008004100000245012900041210006900170260001200239300001200251490000700263520125200270653001701522653001501539653002201554653001701576653001601593653001601609653002401625653001301649653001301662653001801675100001701693700001501710856012801725       2005                        eng d00aThe influence of recent geography, palaeogeography and climate on the composition of the fauna of the central Aegean Islands0 ainfluence of recent geography palaeogeography and climate on the  c2005///  a785-7950 v843 aPartial Mantel tests and structural equation models were used to investigate the influence of recent geography, palaeogeography and climate on the composition of the fauna of the central Aegean Islands. The composition of land snail and isopod island faunas was significantly influenced by recent and by Pliocene geography. Only Pleistocene palaeogeography had a significant influence on the composition of tenebrionid beetle island faunas. The composition of butterfly island faunas was influenced by recent and by Miocene geographical distances. The composition of reptile island faunas was correlated with recent and Pliocene geography as well as with Pleistocene and/or Miocene geographical distances. Island area influenced only the composition of the island faunas of the volant butterflies, and not that of the less mobile land snails, land isopods, tenebrionid beetles and reptiles. This might indicate that butterflies are able to colonize large islands with suitable habitats even if such islands are comparatively far from source areas more frequently than can the nonvolant groups. Influence of a climatic parameter, namely annual precipitation, on faunal composition was found only for reptiles. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London.10abiogeography10aColeoptera10aCrustacea Isopoda10aLand isopods10aLand snails10aLepidoptera10aMollusca Gastropoda10areptiles10aReptilia10atenebrionidae1 aHausdorf, B.1 aHennig, C.  uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/influence-recent-geography-palaeogeography-and-climate-composition-fauna-central-aegean