scholarly journals A Checklist of the Marine Plants from the Canary Islands (Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean)

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Haroun ◽  
M. C. Gil-Rodríguez ◽  
J. Díaz de Castro ◽  
W. F. Prud'homme van Reine
2008 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Rando ◽  
Josep Antoni Alcover ◽  
Juan Francisco Navarro ◽  
Francisco García-Talavera ◽  
Rainer Hutterer ◽  
...  

AbstractUnderstanding late Holocene extinctions on islands requires accurate chronologies for all relevant events, including multiple colonisations by humans and the introduction of alien species. The most widely held hypothesis on the causes of Holocene island vertebrate extinctions incorporates human impacts, although climatic-related hypotheses cannot be excluded. Both hypotheses have been suggested to account for the extinction of the endemic Lava Mouse,Malpaisomys insularisfrom the Canary Islands. Here we present the first accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS)14C ages from collagen ofM. insularisbones from ancient owl pellets collected at Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic Ocean). These new dates contribute to an understanding of the extinction of this species. We are able to exclude climatic causes, predation by invasive species, and competition with the house mouse,Mus musculus. The arrival of Europeans in the Canary Islands correlates with the extinction ofMalpaisomys. The introduction of rats,Rattusspp., together with their parasites and diseases, emerges as the most reasonable hypothesis explaining the extinction ofM. insularis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Sangil ◽  
Marta Sansón ◽  
Julio Afonso-Carrillo ◽  
Laura Martín-García

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1653-1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Traveset ◽  
M. Nogales ◽  
J. A. Alcover ◽  
J. D. Delgado ◽  
M. López-Darias ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 120-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Sangil ◽  
Marta Sansón ◽  
Julio Afonso-Carrillo ◽  
Rogelio Herrera ◽  
Adriana Rodríguez ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Machín-Sánchez ◽  
J Díaz-Larrea ◽  
MT Fujii ◽  
A Sentíes ◽  
V Cassano ◽  
...  

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