Erratum to Mid-Holocene (4200 kyr BP) mass mortalities in Mauritius (Mascarenes): Insular vertebrates resilient to climatic extremes but vulnerable to human impact (The Holocene, (2011), 10.1177/0959683611405236);Mid-Holocene (4200 kyr BP) mass mortalities in Mauritius (Mascarenes): Insular vertebrates resilient to climatic extremes but vulnerable to human impact

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1179-1194

  Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^a,b   Zinke, Jens ^c   de Louw, Perry G B ^d   Hume, Julian P ^e   van der Plicht, Hans ^f,g   Hooghiemstra, Henry ^b   Meijer, Hanneke J M ^a,h   Vonhof, Hubert B ^c   Porch, Nick ⁱ   Florens, F B Vincent ^j   Baider, Claudia ^k   van Geel, Bas ^b   Brinkkemper, Joost ^b   Vernimmen, Tamara ^a   Janoo, Anwar ^j  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁱ DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^k Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute   (Mauritius)

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Author keywords

climate change; dodo; insular vertebrates; mass mortality; megadrought; palaeoecology; speleothems; volcanic islands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; BONE; DROUGHT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; EXTREME EVENT; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEODIVERSITY; HOLOCENE; MASS MORTALITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TURTLE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VULNERABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER TABLE;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; RODRIGUEZ ISLAND;

EID: 82855164185     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611428412     Document Type: Erratum

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