Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration

dc.contributor.authorWood, Jamie R
dc.contributor.authorAlcover, Josep A
dc.contributor.authorBlackburn, Tim M.
dc.contributor.authorBover, Pere
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Richard P.
dc.contributor.authorHume, Julian P.
dc.contributor.authorLouys, Julien
dc.contributor.authorMeijer, Hanneke J.M.
dc.contributor.authorJuan C., Rando
dc.contributor.authorWilmshurst, Janet M
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T01:22:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2023-03-19T07:16:10Z
dc.description.abstractExtinctions have altered island ecosystems throughout the late Quaternary. Here, we review the main historic drivers of extinctions on islands, patterns in extinction chronologies between islands, and the potential for restoring ecosystems through reintroducing extirpated species. While some extinctions have been caused by climatic and environmental change, most have been caused by anthropogenic impacts. We propose a general model to describe patterns in these anthropogenic island extinctions. Hunting, habitat loss and the introduction of invasive predators accompanied prehistoric settlement and caused declines of endemic island species. Later settlement by European colonists brought further land development, a different suite of predators and new drivers, leading to more extinctions. Extinctions alter ecological networks, causing ripple effects for islands through the loss of ecosystem processes, functions and interactions between species. Reintroduction of extirpated species can help restore ecosystem function and processes, and can be guided by palaeoecology. However, reintroduction projects must also consider the cultural, social and economic needs of humans now inhabiting the islands and ensure resilience against future environmental and climate change.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0376-8929en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/240622
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rights© Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2017
dc.sourceEnvironmental Conservation
dc.subjecthuman settlement
dc.subjectintroduced species
dc.subjectpredation
dc.subjecthabitat loss
dc.subjecthunting
dc.subjectpalaeoecology
dc.subjectarchaeology
dc.subjectprehistory
dc.subjectecological restoration
dc.subjectconservation biology
dc.titleIsland extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage358en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage348en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWood, Jamie R , Landcare Research, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand;en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAlcover, Josep A, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avancatsen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBlackburn, Tim M., University College Londonen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBover, Pere, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avancatsen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDuncan, Richard P., University of Canberraen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHume, Julian P., Natural History Museumen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLouys, Julien, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMeijer, Hanneke J.M., University of Bergenen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationJuan C., Rando, Universidad de La Lagunaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWilmshurst, Janet M, Landcare Researchen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu5386836@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidLouys, Julien, u5386836en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor050102 - Ecosystem Functionen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB7511en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume44en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S037689291700039Xen_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85025448065
local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000416408300004
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ENCen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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