Biodiversity on oceanic islands: A palaeoecological assessment

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-87

  Sadler, Jon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; Human impact; Insects; Introductions; Islands; North Atlantic; Oceanic; Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND; PALEOECOLOGY;

BERMUDA; FAROE ISLANDS; GREENLAND; ICELAND; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0032954855     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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