The island syndrome is a widespread biological phenomenon that describes a suite of
morphological, behavioural, demographic and life‐history changes associated with island …

Islands are renowned for their remarkable biotas and have been widely recognised as
natural laboratories for the study of evolution, speciation, and extinction. Large mammals in …

Aim Understanding how extinction has occurred in the recent past is crucial to unravel its
main drivers as well as to implement effective conservation practices to minimize global …

Islands are arenas for a range of striking evolutionary phenomena, including the island rule—
the tendency for larger animals to shrink and smaller animals to enlarge. A new study of …

Islands are a classic focus for evolutionary studies. One subject of much interest has been
the evolution of “dwarfs”, significantly smaller island mammals relative to their continental …

Compositional differences between islands and continents had marked consequences for
the evolution of island life. Regardless of their taxonomic rank, many island species lost …

Abstract Located in Langkawi archipelago, Andaman Sea, Pulau Tuba is one of the islands
that is densely protected as a forest reserve. We investigated and documented the species …

Historically, the excavation in the 1970s and publication in the 80s of Rhinoceros sinensis
hayasakai (now known as Nesorhinus hayasakai) represents a milestone in vertebrate …

The hypothesised main drivers of megafauna extinctions in the late Quaternary have
wavered between over-exploitation by humans and environmental change, with recent …

Small island populations, particularly those of large vertebrates, are vulnerable to extinction
due to environmental stochasticity and genetic drift. Here, we combined analyses of 113 …