Fig. 2. Iconic and less known examples of adaptive radiation from various islands worldwide, such as the endemic monophyletic subfamily of honeycreepers Drepanidinae from Hawaiʻi (A: Drepanis coccinea, B: Loxioides bailleui, C: Hemignathus wilsoni, D: Palmeria dolei, E: Himatione sanguinea, F: Loxops coccineus, photos by Jack Jeffrey Photography), the genus Aeonium from Macaronesia (A: Aeonium lindleyi, B: A. sedifolium, C: A. nobile, D: A. spathulatum, E: A. urbicum, F: A. percarneum, photos by Severin Irl), the genus Podarcis of wall lizards from the Balearic Islands (A: Podarcis pityusensis schreitmulleri, B: P. pityusensis formenterae, photos by Baravi Thaman and Jordi Serapio), the Diplodactylid geckos from New Zealand (Woodwarthia maculate, photo by Susan Keall), the genus Psiadia from the Mascarenes (A: Psiadia laurifolia, B: P. callocephala, C: P. boivinii, D: P. insignis, E: P. argentea, photos by Arnaud Rhumeur and Alexis Gorissen), the genus Chelonoidis of giant tortoises from Gal´apagos (A: Chelonoidis hoodensis, B: C. porteri, C: C. guentheri; photos by Anna Walentowitz) and the genus Partula of tree snails from French Polynesia (A: Partula otaheitana, B: P. labrusca, C: P. navigatoria, D: P. suturalis vexillum, P. tohiveana, photos by Justin Gerlach). For details see Table 1.

Published as part of Fernández-Palacios, José María, Kreft, Holger, Irl, Severin D.H., Norder, Sietze, Ah-Peng, Claudine, Borges, Paulo A.V., Burns, Kevin C., de Nascimento, Lea, Meyer, Jean-Yves, Montes, Elba & Drake, Donald R., 2021, Scientists' warning - The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril, pp. 1-19 in Global Ecology and Conservation 31 on page 5, DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01847, http://zenodo.org/record/14744093