The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar
Madagascar is a threatened biodiversity hotspot. Here, using a newly assembled dataset and island biogeography models, the authors estimate how many millions of years of evolutionary history have been lost since human colonisation and may be further lost in the future for Malagasy mammals.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35215-3 |