Reconstructing the dynamics and drivers of late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions requires
direct radiometric date series that are assessed within probabilistic statistical frameworks …

Abstract The “Great Acceleration” of the mid-20th century provides the causal mechanism of
the Anthropocene, which has been proposed as a new epoch of geological time beginning …

Ecosystems have been modified by human activities for millennia, and insights about
ecology and extinction risk based only on recent data are likely to be both incomplete and …

Although all extant apes are threatened with extinction, there is no evidence for human-
caused extinctions of apes or other primates in postglacial continental ecosystems, despite …

Background Within the highly bio-diverse 'Northern Vietnam Lowland Rain Forests
Ecoregion'only small, and mostly highly modified forestlands persist within vast exotic …

Abundant fossils of nesophontid lipotyphlan insectivores and capromyid rodents have been
collected from late Quaternary deposits on the Cayman Islands, an island group separated …

Over the past twenty years, government advisory bodies have placed increasing emphasis
on the need for adaptive measures in response to the effects of human-induced climate …

Abstract Background The Caribbean offers a unique opportunity to study evolutionary
dynamics in insular mammals. However, the recent extinction of most Caribbean non-volant …

Aim Identifying appropriate conservation measures requires a reasonable understanding of
a species' population status, distribution and vulnerability. However, for many species, these …

Described at the end of the twentieth century, the large-antlered or giant muntjac, Muntiacus
gigas (syn. vuquangensis), is a Critically Endangered species currently restricted to the …