The Hawaiian Archipelago, located more than 4000 km from the nearest continent and 3000
km north of the Marquesas, the nearest high islands, is the world's most isolated group of …

Biases in data availability have serious consequences on scientific inferences that can be
derived. The potential consequences of these biases could be more detrimental in the less …

Disentangling the effects of ecological disruptions operating at different spatial and temporal
scales in shaping past species' demography is particularly important in the current context of …

Three archaeological sites on or near Mussau Island (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New
Guinea) have yielded 58 bird bones that represent 17 species (six seabirds, eight resident …

Zooarchaeological remains from San Salvador, Bahamas, reveal trends in pre-Columbian
exploitation of terrestrial, intertidal, and marine resources during the period AD 950–1500 …

The well-preserved faunal remains from shell middens in the Pacific Northwest of North
America provide a unique opportunity for investigation of the long-term history of human and …

Isolation of the Hawaiian archipelago produced a highly endemic and unique avifauna.
Avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum), an introduced mosquito‐borne pathogen, is a primary …

Birds are among the best-studied animal groups, but their prehistoric diversity is poorly
known due to low fossilization potential. Hence, while many human-driven bird extinctions …

Zooarchaeological assemblages from northern Palawan, Philippines document the
changing composition of the island's mammal fauna during the Late Quaternary. Ille Cave …

Extinction events in the geological past are similar to the present-day biodiversity crisis in
that they have a pronounced biogeography, producing dramatic changes in the spatial …