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Talks Book of Abstracts BOOK OF ABSTRACTS TALKS Université de la Réunion Campus du Moufia 2 Island Biology Book of Abstracts Talks Third International Conference on Island Ecology, Evolution and Conservation 8-13 July 2019 University of La R´eunion Saint Denis, France Editors: Olivier Flores, Claudine Ah-Peng, Nicholas Wilding This version of the conference Book of Abstracts contains abstracts for oral presentations arranged by day and topics. 4 Table of contents Monday, July 8th 2019 13 Plenary Sessions 14 Introduction to natural history of the Mascarene islands, Dominique Strasberg . 15 The history, current status, and future of the protected areas of Madagascar, Steven M. Goodman............................................ 16 Biogeography 16 Functional disharmony of the flora of New Caledonia: filtering effect of ultramafic soils and metal accumulation syndrome, Sandrine Isnard [et al.]................. 18 A functional biogeography approach to insular bird communities with mixed-origin species, Jean- Yves Barnagaud [et al.] .................................... 20 Dispersal modality determines the relative partitioning of beta diversity in spiders on a subtropical land-bridge archipelago, Lingbing Wu...................... 21 Phylogeography of coronavirus in bats in the Western Indian Ocean, L´eaJoffrin [et al.] 22 The forgotten hotspot: a decade of research into the herpetofauna of the Comoros Archipelago, Oliver Hawlitschek................................ 23 The role of ecological specialization in patterns of insular communities, Spyros Sfen- thourakis [et al.] ........................................ 24 Systems, landscapes and vegetation of the Iles Eparses (South-West Indian Ocean): geob- otanical survey of Europa island, Vincent Boullet [et al.].................. 25 Evolution on Islands 25 Genetic structure of two genera of Sumatran frogs trace back to ancient volcanic islands origins rather than paleodrainage systems, Umilaela Arifin [et al.]............. 27 Factors of population divergence and past demographic history in an endemic tree (Coffea mauritiana) from Reunion Island, Edith Garot [et al.] ................... 28 Niches in time: Molecular gut content analysis reveals changing ecological relationships among Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders along a chronosequence, Susan Kennedy [et al.] . 29 The genomics of founder events in an island colonising bird, Sonya Clegg [et al.] . 30 Chloroplast haplotype analysis of Canary islands Micromeria indicate inter-island colo- nization as factor to explain genetic diversity patterns, Harald Meimberg [et al.] . 31 Adaptive consequences of introgression during the differentiation of Micromeria in the Canary islands, Manuel Curto [et al.]............................. 32 Evolution of reproductive barriers in sympatric Arctic charr morphs in Thingvallavatn (Iceland), Kalina Kapralova [et al.].............................. 33 Interdisciplinary Island Studies 33 1 Detecting burnt scars from space: A case study of the January 2019 wildfires along the eastern flank of Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, La R´eunion,Thibault Catry [et al.] . 35 Spatial footprint of natural disasters: opportunities and challenges for remote sensing in the south-western Indian Ocean, Christophe R´evillion[et al.] ............... 36 Anoles & Drones: Revealing controls on distribution and microhabitat use of Anolis lizards in a changing island landscape using emerging remote sensing technologies, Emma Higgins [et al.] ......................................... 37 An open network to monitor marine environment and species, Sylvain Bonhommeau [et al.]................................................ 38 Marine sponges from Indian Ocean, a highly promising source for the discovery of novel bioactive compounds to fight against ageing and age-related diseases, Pierre-Eric Cam- pos [et al.]............................................ 39 Monitoring of fish communities and benthic habitats from unbaited underwater video techniques with applications to Indian Ocean conservation and fisheries management challenges, David Roos [et al.]................................. 40 Isolated Indian Ocean islands: little POPs, some heavy metals, and much plastics, Hin- drik Bouwman [et al.] ..................................... 41 Unsanctioned imports: the problem of plastic debris in small island states, April Burt . 42 Marine Ecology 42 Long-term monitoring of coral reefs in the Mozambique Channel (Indian Ocean): paving the way towards integrative regional management, Pascale Chabanet [et al.] . 44 Functional vulnerability in Western Indian coral reef fishes: indicator species and con- servation priorities, Fran¸coisGuilhaumon [et al.] ...................... 46 Energy packing of reef fish communities in isolated oceanic islands, Diego Barneche . 47 Multi-scale effects of environmental stress on reef fish communities of the Galapagos islands, Robert W. 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(Symp.) 60 The loss of size diversity in island plants, Kevin Burns................... 62 Loss of defenses on island plants: from theory to evidence, Carlos Garcia-Verdugo [et al.] 63 Are genetic diversity patterns cogent with a generalized loss of dispersal in island plants? Insights from Macaronesia, Juli Caujap´e-Castells[et al.].................. 64 Loss of pollination syndromes after island colonization, T Pailler ............. 65 What do wind-dispersed species tell us about loss of dispersal potential on islands?, Mario Mairal.............................................. 66 Synthesizing island biodiversity theory for community-wide genetic data (Symp.) 66 Origins of diversity on islands: the nexus of ecology and evolution in community assem- bly, Rosemary Gillespie [et al.] ................................ 68 Island biogeography and the distribution of genetic variation in ecological communi- ties, Isaac Overcast....................................... 69 Assessing the drivers of biodiversity patterns using environmental DNA data: macroe- cology and macroevolution of the oceanic plankton, H´el`eneMorlon [et al.] . 70 Diversifying as a holobiont: macroevolutionary patterns of microbiota in an island archipelago, Beno^ıtPerez-Lamarque [et al.] ......................... 71 Whole-community assembly from metabarcoding data reveals the structure of the soil mesofauna at multiple genetic levels and spatial scales, Paula Arribas [et al.] . 72 Plant conservation on oceanic islands: scientific needs and examples of good prac- tice to solve imminent challenges (Symp.) 72 Identifying a network of Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) in the British Virgin Islands, Michele Dani Sanchez [et al.]............................. 74 The transition to selfing and its implications for the conservation of small insular plant populations: a case study from Tolpis succulenta in the Azores, D. 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