Updating knowledge of vegetation belts on a complex oceanic island after 20 years under the effect of climate change

JJ García-Alvarado, V Bello-Rodríguez… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Climate change is causing major changes in terrestrial ecosystems and biomes around the
world. This is particularly concerning in oceanic islands, considered reservoirs of …

[HTML][HTML] Cooke's index: A simple, cost-effective method for multiple practitioners to estimate European rabbit abundance

M Delibes-Mateos, F Castro, LA de Reyna… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of evidence-based tools that help to monitor wildlife populations is
essential to assess the success of management interventions. Here, we evaluated the …

Changing the landscape: Short-term disruption of recruitment, height growth and flowering of endemic plants on macaronesian heathlands by invasive alien rabbits

J Parada-Díaz, J Cubas, MJ del Arco Aguilar… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Disruptive effects have been described on the plants and ecosystems of oceanic islands due
to the introduction of invasive herbivores. In the Canary Islands the European rabbit …

Forage offering and seasonal intake comparisons to evaluate European rabbit threat in Nothofagus forests of southern Patagonia

A Huertas Herrera, M Toro-Manríquez, L Borrelli… - Ecological …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L. 1758) was introduced
into different regions of the world, generating significant trade-offs that critically impacted …

Check for updates Spinescence and the Island Plant Defense Syndrome Kasey E. Barton, Joanna K. Carpenter, Ana Flores, Llorenç Saez, and Mohammed Armani

KE Barton - Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions …, 2024 - books.google.com
Island plants are predicted to have weak or absent defenses as part of the island plant
syndrome. Evidence supporting the weak island defense prediction stems largely from …

Impact of Non-native Mammalian Herbivores on Insular Plant Communities in the Canary and Balearic Islands

M Capó, J Cursach, E Baraza… - Ecology and Evolution of …, 2024 - Springer
Biological invasions are a major cause of loss of biodiversity worldwide, particularly on
islands. Introduced mammalian herbivores are among the most threatening of all invasive …

Ecological implications: nature capital loss and the spread of invasive European wild rabbit in Mexico

W Halecki… - Annales …, 2023 - aupcstudianaturae.uken.krakow.pl
Ecological integrity, a pivotal concept, characterizes the capacity of an ecosystem to
perpetuate an interwoven, sustainable, and adaptable ecological system that encompasses …

Introduced rabbits as seed-dispersing frugivores: a study case on a environmentally diverse oceanic island (Tenerife, Canaries)

M Guerrero-Campos, SB Mendes, P Marrero… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Rabbits have travelled with humans to the most remote archipelagos, having been
introduced on at least 800 islands worldwide. This herbivore has caused a devastating effect …