Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world
Published OA The overwhelming majority of avian extinctions have occurred on islands, where introduced predators, habitat loss, disease, and human persecution have resulted in the loss of over 160 species in the last 500 years. Understanding the timing and causes of these historical extinctions can...
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ftnhmlondon:oai:nhm.openrepository.com:10141/622447 2023-07-30T04:06:32+02:00 Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world Bond, AL Carlson, CJ Burgio, KR 2019-03-20T10:19:45Z http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622447 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 unknown Springer Bond, A.L., Carlson, C.J. & Burgio, K.R. J Ornithol (2019) 160: 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 2193-7192 doi:10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622447 2193-7206 JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 160 1 49 - 60 openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Diomedeidae Historical ecology Rallidae Thraupidae Tristan da Cunha Journal Article 2019 ftnhmlondon https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 2023-07-11T05:39:06Z Published OA The overwhelming majority of avian extinctions have occurred on islands, where introduced predators, habitat loss, disease, and human persecution have resulted in the loss of over 160 species in the last 500 years. Understanding the timing and causes of these historical extinctions can be beneficial to identifying and preventing contemporary biodiversity loss, as well as understanding the nature of island ecosystems. Tristan da Cunha (henceforth “Tristan”), the most remote inhabited island in the world, has lost three species from the main island since permanent human settlement in 1811—the Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis), Inaccessible Finch (Nesospiza acunhae acunhae), and Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena). We used recently developed Bayesian methods, and sightings of mixed certainty compiled from historical documents, to estimate the extinction date of these three species from Tristan based on specimens. We estimate that all three species were likely extirpated from Tristan between 1869 and 1880 following a period of significant habitat alteration and human overexploitation, and only the albatross had a high probability of persistence when Black Rats (Rattus rattus) arrived in 1882, the previously assumed cause of extinction for all three species. Better estimates of extinction dates are essential for understanding the causes of historical biodiversity loss, and the combination of historical ecology with modern statistical methods has given us novel insights into the timing and therefore the causes of extinctions on one of the most isolated islands in the world. © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The attached ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Natural History Museum Repository Finch ENVELOPE(167.383,167.383,-72.567,-72.567) Main Island ENVELOPE(-38.220,-38.220,-54.007,-54.007) Tristan ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735) Journal of Ornithology 160 1 49 60 |
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Published OA The overwhelming majority of avian extinctions have occurred on islands, where introduced predators, habitat loss, disease, and human persecution have resulted in the loss of over 160 species in the last 500 years. Understanding the timing and causes of these historical extinctions can be beneficial to identifying and preventing contemporary biodiversity loss, as well as understanding the nature of island ecosystems. Tristan da Cunha (henceforth “Tristan”), the most remote inhabited island in the world, has lost three species from the main island since permanent human settlement in 1811—the Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis), Inaccessible Finch (Nesospiza acunhae acunhae), and Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena). We used recently developed Bayesian methods, and sightings of mixed certainty compiled from historical documents, to estimate the extinction date of these three species from Tristan based on specimens. We estimate that all three species were likely extirpated from Tristan between 1869 and 1880 following a period of significant habitat alteration and human overexploitation, and only the albatross had a high probability of persistence when Black Rats (Rattus rattus) arrived in 1882, the previously assumed cause of extinction for all three species. Better estimates of extinction dates are essential for understanding the causes of historical biodiversity loss, and the combination of historical ecology with modern statistical methods has given us novel insights into the timing and therefore the causes of extinctions on one of the most isolated islands in the world. © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The attached ... |
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Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world |
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Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world |
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Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world |
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Bond, A.L., Carlson, C.J. & Burgio, K.R. J Ornithol (2019) 160: 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 2193-7192 doi:10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622447 2193-7206 JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 160 1 49 - 60 |
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