Suchergebnisse - "WILMSHURST, JANET M."

Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene von Johnson, Christopher N, Balmford, Andrew, Brook, Barry W, Buettel, Jessie C, Galetti, Mauro, Guangchun, Lei, Wilmshurst, Janet M

“… Biodiversity is essential to human well-being, but people have been reducing biodiversity throughout human history. Loss of species and degradation of …”
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High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia von Wilmshurst, Janet M, Hunt, Terry L, Lipo, Carl P, Anderson, Atholl J

“… The 15 archipelagos of East Polynesia, including New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui, were the last habitable places on earth colonized by prehistoric humans …”
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Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change von Fordham, Damien A, Jackson, Stephen T, Brown, Stuart C, Huntley, Brian, Brook, Barry W, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Otto-Bliesner, Bette L, Svensson, Anders, Theodoridis, Spyros, Wilmshurst, Janet M, Buettel, Jessie C, Canteri, Elisabetta, McDowell, Matthew, Orlando, Ludovic, Pilowsky, July A, Rahbek, Carsten, Nogues-Bravo, David

“… Strategies for 21st-century environmental management and conservation under global change require a strong understanding of the biological mechanisms that …”
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Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration von WOOD, JAMIE R., ALCOVER, JOSEP A., BLACKBURN, TIM M., BOVER, PERE, DUNCAN, RICHARD P., HUME, JULIAN P., LOUYS, JULIEN, MEIJER, HANNEKE J.M., RANDO, JUAN C., WILMSHURST, JANET M.

“… Extinctions have altered island ecosystems throughout the late Quaternary. Here, we review the main historic drivers of extinctions on islands, patterns in …”
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Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat von Wilmshurst, Janet M, Anderson, Atholl J, Higham, Thomas F G, Worthy, Trevor H

“… The pristine island ecosystems of East Polynesia were among the last places on Earth settled by prehistoric people, and their colonization triggered a …”
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A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes) von Perry, George L.W., Wheeler, Andrew B., Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M.

“… Megafaunal extinction followed the prehistoric human settlement of islands across the globe, but the exact duration and dynamics of the extinction processes …”
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The forgotten fauna: Native vertebrate seed predators on islands von Carpenter, Joanna K., Wilmshurst, Janet M., McConkey, Kim R., Hume, Julian P., Wotton, Debra M., Shiels, Aaron B., Burge, Olivia R., Drake, Donald R., Barton, Kasey

“… Human colonization of islands has resulted in the reduction or loss of many native species, and the introduction of non‐native species, producing novel …”
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Rapid landscape transformation in South Island, New Zealand, following initial Polynesian settlement von McWethy, David B, Whitlock, Cathy, Wilmshurst, Janet M, McGlone, Matt S, Fromont, Mairie, Li, Xun, Dieffenbacher-Krall, Ann, Hobbs, William O, Fritz, Sherilyn C, Cook, Edward R

“… Humans have altered natural patterns of fire for millennia, but the impact of human-set fires is thought to have been slight in wet closed-canopy forests. In …”
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A High-Resolution Chronology of Rapid Forest Transitions following Polynesian Arrival in New Zealand von McWethy, David B., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Whitlock, Cathy, Wood, Jamie R., McGlone, Matt S.

“… Human-caused forest transitions are documented worldwide, especially during periods when land use by dense agriculturally-based populations intensified …”
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Comparing the effects of asynchronous herbivores on New Zealand montane vegetation communities von Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M.

“… Large herbivores facilitate a range of important ecological processes yet globally have experienced high rates of decline and extinction over the past 50,000 …”
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Novel interactions between non‐native mammals and fungi facilitate establishment of invasive pines von Wood, Jamie R, Dickie, Ian A, Moeller, Holly V, Peltzer, Duane A, Bonner, Karen I, Rattray, Gaye, Wilmshurst, Janet M, Gibson, David

“… The role of novel ecological interactions between mammals, fungi and plants in invaded ecosystems remains unresolved, but may play a key role in the widespread …”
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High-Resolution Coproecology: Using Coprolites to Reconstruct the Habits and Habitats of New Zealand’s Extinct Upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus) von Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Wagstaff, Steven J., Worthy, Trevor H., Rawlence, Nicolas J., Cooper, Alan

“… Contributes to the knowledge of moa diet and ecology by reporting the results of a multidisciplinary study of 35 coprolites from a subalpine cave (Euphrates …”
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Reconstructing colonization dynamics to establish how human activities transformed island biodiversity von Tomlinson, Sean, Lomolino, Mark V., Anderson, Atholl, Austin, Jeremy J., Brown, Stuart C., Haythorne, Sean, Perry, George L. W., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Wood, Jamie R., Fordham, Damien A.

“… Drivers and dynamics of initial human migrations across individual islands and archipelagos are poorly understood, hampering assessments of subsequent …”
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Use of Pollen and Ancient DNA as Conservation Baselines for Offshore Islands in New Zealand von WILMSHURST, JANET M, MOAR, NEVILLE T, WOOD, JAMIE R, BELLINGHAM, PETER J, FINDLATER, AMY M, ROBINSON, JAMES J, STONE, CLIVE

“… Islands play a key role globally in the conservation of endemic species. Many island reserves have been highly modified since human colonization, and their …”
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Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965 von Turney, Chris S. M., Palmer, Jonathan, Maslin, Mark A., Hogg, Alan, Fogwill, Christopher J., Southon, John, Fenwick, Pavla, Helle, Gerhard, Wilmshurst, Janet M., McGlone, Matt, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Thomas, Zoë, Lipson, Mathew, Beaven, Brent, Jones, Richard T., Andrews, Oliver, Hua, Quan

“… Anthropogenic activity is now recognised as having profoundly and permanently altered the Earth system, suggesting we have entered a human-dominated geological …”
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Detecting the initial impact of humans and introduced species on island environments in Remote Oceania using palaeoecology von Prebble, Matiu, Wilmshurst, Janet M

“… The isolated archipelagos of Remote Oceania provide useful microcosms for understanding the impacts of initial human colonization. Palaeoecological data from …”
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Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes) von Wood, Jamie R, Wilmshurst, Janet M, Richardson, Sarah J, Rawlence, Nicolas J, Wagstaff, Steven J, Worthy, Trevor H, Cooper, Alan

“… Knowledge of extinct herbivore community structuring is essential for assessing the wider ecological impacts of Quaternary extinctions and determining …”
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Palaeoecological and historical observations of an endemic New Zealand bird (Strigops habroptila, kākāpō) reveal shifting drivers of decline during 800 years of human settlement von Carpenter, Joanna K., Perry, George L.W., Wilmshurst, Janet M.

“… Extinction is a result of two key processes: ultimate drivers of extinction, which cause a species to decline to low numbers, and proximate drivers of …”
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A Megafauna’s Microfauna: Gastrointestinal Parasites of New Zealand’s Extinct Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) von Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Rawlence, Nicolas J., Bonner, Karen I., Worthy, Trevor H., Kinsella, John M., Cooper, Alan

“… Presents the results of the first multidisciplinary study of parasites from an extinct megafaunal clade using coprolites from four New Zealand moa species …”
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Explaining fire-driven landscape transformation during the Initial Burning Period of New Zealand's prehistory von Perry, George L. W., Wilmshurst, Janet M., McGlone, Matt S., McWethy, Dave B., Whitlock, Cathy

“… At the time of Māori settlement, ca. 750 years ago, New Zealand's ecosystems experienced catastrophic change, including the introduction of fire to …”
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