The archipelagos that form the transition between Asia and Australia were immortalized by Alfred Russel Wallace's observations on the connections between geography and animal distributions, which he summarized in what became the first major modern biogeographic synthesis. Wallace traveled the island region for eight years, during which he noted the marked faunal discontinuity across what has later become known as Wallace's Line. Wallace was intrigued by the bewildering diversity and distribution of life he discovered. But even today we ask ourselves how species formed within the region and why they are not evenly distributed. Biogeography, phylogeny, dispersal, biotic interactions, and abiotic factors affect the assembly of diversity. On the basis of a decade of research on the ecology, evolution, and systematics of corvoid passerine birds, we summarize what we have learned about the biogeography and assembly of island bird diversity. Corvoid passerine birds include nearly 800 species and 2,300 named taxa...

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印度太平洋鸦雀科鸟类的生物地理学和生物组装

阿尔弗雷德·罗素·华莱士 (Alfred Russel Wallace) 对地理和动物分布之间联系的观察使形成亚洲和澳大利亚之间过渡的群岛永垂不朽，他将其总结为第一个主要的现代生物地理学综合。华莱士在该岛地区旅行了八年，在此期间，他注意到了后来被称为华莱士线的明显动物群不连续性。华莱士对他发现的令人眼花缭乱的生命多样性和分布很感兴趣。但即使在今天，我们也会问自己，该地区的物种是如何形成的，为什么它们的分布不均匀。生物地理学、系统发育、扩散、生物相互作用和非生物因素影响多样性的组装。在对雀形目鸟类生态学、进化和系统学的十年研究基础上，我们总结了我们对岛屿鸟类多样性的生物地理学和集合的了解。Corvoid雀形目鸟类包括近800种和2,300个命名分类群...