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SUBMITTER: Oswald JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6987171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oswald Jessica A JA Allen Julie M JM LeFebvre Michelle J MJ Stucky Brian J BJ Folk Ryan A RA Albury Nancy A NA Morgan Gary S GS Guralnick Robert P RP Steadman David W DW
Scientific reports 20200128 1
Quaternary paleontological and archaeological evidence often is crucial for uncovering the historical mechanisms shaping modern diversity and distributions. We take an interdisciplinary approach using multiple lines of evidence to understand how past human activity has shaped long-term animal diversity in an island system. Islands afford unique opportunities for such studies given their robust fossil and archaeological records. Herein, we examine the only non-volant terrestrial mammal endemic to ...[more]