Recent climate projections indicate substantial environmental alterations in oceanic island
regions during the 21st century, setting up profound threats to insular floras. Inherent …

Islands are among the last regions on Earth settled and transformed by human activities,
and they provide replicated model systems for analysis of how people affect ecological …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark
studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. In How and Why …

Abstract The Galapagos Islands are one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the
world. The convergence of four ocean currents and the isolation of these islands create a …

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

Alien plants are a growing threat to the Galápagos unique biota. We evaluated the impact of
alien plants on eight seed dispersal networks from two islands of the archipelago. Nearly 10 …

Both cinnabar (HgS) and metallic mercury (Hg0) were important resources throughout
Andean prehistory. Cinnabar was used for millennia to make vermillion, a red pigment that …

The updated inventory of the Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD) offers a wide range of
new insights. This paper presents a systematic compilation of palynological research in …

Abstract The Galapagos Islands are a global hotspot of environmental change. However,
despite their potentially major repercussions, little is known about current and expected …