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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nathan M. Michielsen, Steven M. Goodman, Voahangy Soarimalala, Alexandra A. E. van der Geer, Liliana M. Dávalos, Grace I. Saville, Nathan Upham, Luis Valente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35215-3