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T1 Island biodiversity conservation needs palaeoecology
A1 Nogué, Sandra
A1 Nascimento Reyes, Lea de
A1 Froyd, Cynthia A.
A1 Wilmshurst, Janet M.
A1 Boer, Erik J. de
A1 Coffey, Emily E. D.
A1 Whittaker, Robert J.
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
A1 Willis, Kathy J.
AB The discovery and colonization of islands by humans has invariably resulted in their widespread ecological transformation. Thesmall and isolated populations of many island taxa, and their evolution in the absence of humans and their introduced taxa,mean that they are particularly vulnerable to human activities. Consequently, even the most degraded islands are a focus forrestoration, eradication, and monitoring programmes to protect the remaining endemic and/or relict populations. Here, webuild a framework that incorporates an assessment of the degree of change from multiple baseline reference periods usinglong-term ecological data. The use of multiple reference points may provide information on both the variability of natural systemsand responses to successive waves of cultural transformation of island ecosystems, involving, for example, the alterationof fire and grazing regimes and the introduction of non-native species. We provide exemplification of how such approaches canprovide valuable information for biodiversity conservation managers of island ecosystems.
PB Macmillan Publishers Limited
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17839
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 20-nov-2024