Island systems are among the most vulnerable to climate change, which is predicted to
induce shifts in temperature, rainfall and/or sea levels. Our aim was:(i) to map the relative
vulnerability of islands to each of these threats from climate change on a worldwide scale;(ii)
to estimate how island vulnerability would impact phylogenetic diversity. We focused on
monocotyledons, a major group of flowering plants that includes taxa of important economic
value such as palms, grasses, bananas, taro. Islands that were vulnerable to climate change …