Ecological change on California's channel Islands from the pleistocene to the anthropocene

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 680-692

  Rick, Torben C ^a   Sillett, T Scott ^e   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^f   Hofman, Courtney A ^a,b   Ralls, Katherine ^c   Anderson, R Scott ^g   Boser, Christina L ^h   Braje, Todd J ⁱ   Cayan, Daniel R ^j,k   Chesser, R Terry ^l   Collins, Paul W ^m   Erlandson, Jon M ⁿ   Faulkner, Kate R ^o   Fleischer, Robert ^c   Funk, W Chris ^f   Galipeau, Russell ^o   Huston, Ann ^o   King, Julie ^p   Laughrin, Lyndal ^q   Maldonado, Jesus ^d   McEachern, Kathryn ^r   Muhs, Daniel R ^s   Newsome, Seth D ^t   Reeder Myers, Leslie ^a   Still, Christopher ^u   Morrison, Scott A ^h   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Vertebrate Zoology NMNH   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

ⁱ SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^m SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^o Channel Islands National Park   (United States)

^p Catalina Island Conservancy   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^s DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^u OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Historical ecology; Novel ecosystems; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905652384     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu094     Document Type: Review

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