Islands located far from the mainland usually show:
“High extinction and low immigration” for islands located far from the mainland usually show. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Larger islands usually support more habitats and larger populations, lowering extinction risk; less isolated islands receive colonists more readily and may experience rescue effects. These mechanisms also apply to habitat fragments that function as ecological islands. The remaining alternatives—“Low extinction and low immigration”, “High immigration and high
Ref: Biogeography, Lomolino et al., 5th Ed., Ch. 1-4
