Mauritius and Rodrigues are among the last places on earth to have been reached by
humans and yet are also among the most ecologically devastated, thus illustrating our great …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) precipitation during the twentieth century is characterized by
a biennial oscillation, such that ISM precipitation varied between singularly strong and weak …

Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in
the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health …

Madagascar is an exceptional example of island biogeography. Though a large island,
Madagascar's landmass is small relative to other places in the world with comparable levels …

Aim We assessed the biogeographical implications of Pleistocene sea‐level fluctuations on
the surface area of Macaronesian volcanic oceanic islands. We quantified the effects of sea …

Taphonomic research of bones can provide additional insight into a site's formation and
development, the burial environment and ongoing post-mortem processes. A total of 30 …

Disentangling the effects of ecological disruptions operating at different spatial and temporal
scales in sha** past species' demography is particularly important in the current context of …

With rising sea levels at the end of the Pleistocene, land-bridge or continental islands were
formed around the world. Many of these islands have been extensively studied from a …

Human-wildlife conflicts pose a growing threat to many species worldwide and require
increasingly innovative and multi-disciplinary resolutions. Because of their apparent …