Tests for repeated patterns in evolution of island plants, which together comprise an 'island syndrome' analogous to animals.

Kevin C. Burns is Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has been a practicing researcher for fifteen years and has published over 100 papers in scientific journals including Ecology, Ecology Letters, and Science. Burns is fascinated by how organisms evolve on islands and has worked on archipelagos across the globe, including New Caledonia, New Zealand, Chatham Islands, California Islands and Lord Howe Island.

1. Emblematic island animals; 2. Differences in defence; 3. Reduced dispersibility; 4. Gender and out-crossing; 5. Size changes; 6. Loss of fire adapted traits; 7. Emblematic island plants.