Differences in species–area relationships among the major lineages of land plants: a macroecological perspective

Institute of Botany, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA-A) and Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability (PEERS), Universidade dos Açores, Dep. Ciências Agrárias, Terceira, Portugal, Department of Plant Biology, La Laguna University, Tenerife, Spain, Biodiversity, Macroecology and Conservation Biogeography Group, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Laboratoire Écologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers UMR 5119, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, UM2, UM1, France, Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece, Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Programme, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Department of Geography, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada ABSTRACT