Title of article
Extinction of endemic vertebrates on islands: The case of the giant rat Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Rodentia) on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
Author/Authors
Bocherens، نويسنده , , Hervé and Michaux، نويسنده , , Jacques and Talavera، نويسنده , , Francisco Garcia and Van der Plicht، نويسنده , , Johannes، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
7
From page
885
To page
891
Abstract
Fossil bone collagen 14C dating and δ13C and δ15N isotopic measurements of the rodent Canariomys bravoi from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) were used to test two different hypotheses about the causes of extinctions of endemic vertebrates on islands, climate versus humans. For the Tenerife giant rat, we show that it survived the climatic change that occurred between the Middle and Late Holocene, but not the settlement of humans on the island. To cite this article: H. Bocherens et al., C. R. Palevol 5 (2006).
Keywords
climate , extinction , extinction , isotopes , isotopes , Holocene , Canary Islands , Climat , Holocène , Murinae , Murinae , Anthropogenic cause , Insular endemism , Action anthropique , Endémisme insulaire , خles Canaries
Journal title
Comptes Rendus Palevol
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Comptes Rendus Palevol
Record number
2282161
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