Aim The world's islands support disproportionate levels of endemic avian biodiversity
despite suffering numerous extinctions. While intensive recent research has focused on …

Although fewer than one‐fifth of the world's bird species are restricted to islands, over 90%
of bird extinctions during historic times have occurred on islands. The major identified cause …

Oceanic island bird assemblages have suffered a major extinction episode following human
arrival (Steadman, 1995, 2006). Some of our recent work has been aimed at understanding …

Although invasive non‐native species can adversely affect biodiversity in many ways,
predation of native species by non‐native species on islands can be severely damaging …

Aim We analyse the consequences of species extinctions and introductions on the functional
diversity and composition of island bird assemblages. Specifically, we ask if introduced …

Aim Conservation of species is an ongoing concern. Location Worldwide. Methods We
examined historical extinction rates for birds and mammals and contrasted island and …

The relationship between island biogeography and the vulnerability of island biota to
extinction as a result of human activities was examined. In particular, this study analyzed …

Birds have long fascinated scientists and travellers, so their distribution and abundance
through time have been better documented than those of other organisms. Many bird …

I use three separate data bases to examine recipient community and site factors that might
be influencing the establishment, persistence, and distribution of avian exotics. All in all …

Aim Birds have recently undergone a major extinction event which apparently is ongoing.
According to some estimates, humans have caused the extinction of up to 20% of the entire …