Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration

Extinctions have altered island ecosystems throughout the late Quaternary. Here, we review the main historic drivers of extinctions on islands, patterns in extinction chronologies between islands, and the potential for restoring ecosystems through reintroducing extirpated species. While some extinct...

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Vydané v:	Environmental conservation Ročník 44; číslo 4; s. 348 - 358
Hlavní autori:	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.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2017
Predmet:	anthropogenic activities Anthropogenic factors Archaeology Birds Climate change Conservation biology Ecological effects Ecological function ecological restoration Ecosystem biology Ecosystem restoration Ecosystems Endangered & extinct species Endemic species Environmental changes Environmental restoration Extinction habitat destruction Habitat loss Human influences humans Hunting Islands Land development land use Mus musculus Museums Natural history natural resources conservation paleoecology Predators Prehistoric era Quaternary Rattus rattus Recovery of function Reintroduction Species extinction SUBJECT REVIEWS Vegetation prehistory habitat loss human settlement ecological restoration archaeology predation hunting conservation biology introduced species palaeoecology
ISSN:	0376-8929, 1469-4387, 1469-4387
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