Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands

R Rozzi, MV Lomolino, AAE van der Geer, D Silvestro… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

New data on Pleistocene and Holocene herpetofauna of Marie Galante (Blanchard Cave, Guadeloupe Islands, French West Indies): Insular faunal turnover and …

S Bailon, C Bochaton, A Lenoble - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents the herpetofaunal remains collected from Blanchard Cave (Marie-
Galante, Guadeloupe Archipelago). This site has yielded the oldest stratigraphic layers …

Late Quaternary changes in bat palaeobiodiversity and palaeobiogeography under climatic and anthropogenic pressure: new insights from Marie-Galante, Lesser …

E Stoetzel, A Royer, D Cochard, A Lenoble - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Data on Lesser Antillean Late Quaternary fossil bat assemblages remains limited,
leading to their general exclusion from studies focusing on Caribbean bat palaeobiodiversity …

[HTML][HTML] Fossil and subfossil herpetofauna from Cadet 2 Cave (Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe Islands, FWI): Evolution of an insular herpetofauna since the Late …

C Bochaton, S Grouard, R Cornette, I Ineich… - Comptes Rendus …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study deals with the herpetofaunal fossil and subfossil remains from the Cadet 2 site
(Marie-Galante, Guadeloupean Archipelago). This study provides new data concerning the …

A high-resolution temporal record of environmental changes in the Eastern Caribbean (Guadeloupe) from 40 to 10 ka BP

A Royer, B Malaizé, C Lécuyer, A Queffelec… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
In neotropical regions, fossil bat guano accumulated over time as laminated layers in caves,
hence providing a high-resolution temporal record of terrestrial environmental changes …

Evidence of the former existence of an endemic macaw in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles

M Gala, A Lenoble - Journal of Ornithology, 2015 - Springer
The discovery of a bone referred to the genus Ara Lacépède, 1799 from a Pleistocene fossil-
bearing deposit on Marie-Galante demonstrates macaws to have been present in …

Seasonal changes in stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions of bat guano (Guadeloupe)

A Royer, A Queffelec, K Charlier, E Puech… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Stable isotope compositions of fossil bat guano have recently been developed as a proxy for
reconstructing terrestrial paleoenvironments. However, our understanding of exactly how …

[PDF][PDF] L'abri sous roche Cadet 3 (Marie-Galante): un gisement à accumulations de faune et à vestiges archéologiques

C Stouvenot, S Grouard, S Bailon… - Archéologie …, 2014 - library.oapen.org
Résumé Ce petit abri sous-roche, immédiatement voisin de la Grotte Cadet 2, a fait l'objet en
2004 d'un sondage de reconnaissance de 2 m2. L'investigation a révélé un remplissage …

Blanchard Cave 2: A historical period Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) nesting site in Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe islands, FWI)

JB Mallye, S Bailon, C Bochaton, M Gala… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a natural deposit in Marie-Galante island (French West Indies),
Blanchard 2, where historical-period Audubon's shearwater remains dominate the …

Sexual dimorphism in the pelvis of Antillean fruit-eating bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum) and its application to a fossil accumulation from the Lesser Antilles

M Pelletier, E Stoetzel, D Cochard, A Lenoble - Geobios, 2017 - Elsevier
The pelvis of the Antillean fruit-eating bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum) displays strong sexual
dimorphism. Here, we describe osteological criteria for determining the sex of this bat …