Forests Without Frugivores and Frugivores Without Forests – An Investigation Into the Causes of a Paradox in One of the Last Archipelagos Colonized by Humans

Forests Without Frugivores and Frugivores Without Forests – An Investigation Into the Causes of a Paradox in One of the Last Archipelagos Colonized by Humans

The Mascarenes are sadly famous worldwide for the massive extinction of their native vertebrates since recent human colonization. However, extinction patterns show astonishing disparities between the two main islands and between lineages of forest vertebrates. On Réunion (2,512 km2, 3,070 m) where a...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Albert, Olivier Flores, Claudine Ah-Peng, Dominique Strasberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
biodiversity loss
biological invasion
elevational gradients
habitat destruction and fragmentation
Mascarene archipelago
overhunting
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.688768/full

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