Signature of a pre-human population decline in the critically endangered Reunion Island endemic forest bird Coracina newtoni.

The exceptional biodiversity of Reunion Island is threatened by anthropogenic landscape changes that took place during the 350 years of human colonization. During this period the human population size increased dramatically from 250 to 800,000. The arrival of humans together with the development of...

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Main Authors: Jordi Salmona, Marc Salamolard, Damien Fouillot, Thomas Ghestemme, Jerry Larose, Jean-François Centon, Vitor Sousa, Deborah A Dawson, Christophe Thebaud, Lounès Chikhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3423348?pdf=render