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Late Quaternary climate change shapes island biodiversity

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  • Patrick Weigelt

    (Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography Group, University of Göttingen
    Systemic Conservation Biology, University of Göttingen)

  • Manuel Jonas Steinbauer

    (Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University
    BayCEER, University of Bayreuth)

  • Juliano Sarmento Cabral

    (Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography Group, University of Göttingen
    Synthesis Centre of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))

  • Holger Kreft

    (Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography Group, University of Göttingen)

Abstract

Relatively rapid changes in island area, isolation and connectivity observed since the Last Glacial Maximum have had measurable effects on present-day biodiversity, with formerly larger and less well connected islands having a greater number of endemic species.

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  • Patrick Weigelt & Manuel Jonas Steinbauer & Juliano Sarmento Cabral & Holger Kreft, 2016. "Late Quaternary climate change shapes island biodiversity," Nature, Nature, vol. 532(7597), pages 99-102, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:532:y:2016:i:7597:d:10.1038_nature17443
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17443
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    1. Chi, Yuan & Liu, Dahai & Qu, Yubing & Zhang, Zhiwei & Liu, Zhenhang, 2023. "Archipelagic human-land spatial interrelations: An empirical study in Shengsi Archipelago, China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    2. Nurul Ain Zulhaimi & Joy Jacqueline Pereira & Nurfashareena Muhamad, 2023. "Global Research Landscape of Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Islands," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-21, August.

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