The top 50 fundamental questions in island biogeography and island biodiversity

Dear member of the Hellenic Zoological Society,

We write to you on behalf of the 29 members of the 50 fundamental questions in island biology working group (member names listed at the end of this email).

 To mark the arrival of 50 years since the publication of Robert MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson’s book in 1967, The Theory of Island Biogeography, we are undertaking a survey to identify the top 50 fundamental questions in island biogeography and island biodiversity. To date we have been working with the approximately 400 attendees of the recently held Island Biology Congress in the Azores (http://www.islandbiology2016.uac.pt) to define a group of 80 questions from an initial pool of more than 200. We now welcome the participation of the broader community of researchers with an interest in island biology to define the final set of 50 questions. 

 Access to the survey will close at 23.59 on the 16th of Sept (GMT).

 To participate, please access the following link. 

https://goo.gl/forms/JJUqwJjbFu9rQ5XN2

Thank you very much, in advance, for your valuable contribution.

Yours sincerely,

The 50 fundamental questions in island biology working group:

Jairo Patiño, Robert J. Whittaker, Paulo A.V. Borges, Jose M. Fernandez-Palacios, Claudine Ah-Peng, Miguel Araujo, Sergio Avila, Erick de Boer, Pedro Cardoso, Josselin Cornuault, Lea de Nascimento, Artur Gil, Aaron Gonzalez, Daniel Gruner, Ana Guida Santos, Ruben Heleno, Joaquin Hortal, Juan Carlos Illera, Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury, Tom Matthews, Anna Papadopoulou, Nathalie Patorelli, Jonathan Price, Manuel Steinbauer, Kostas Triantis, Luis Valente, Pablo Vargas, Patrick Weigelt, Brent Emerson

 P.S. we apologize for cross-posting.