The flora and vegetation of oceanic islands have been deeply affected by human settlement
and further landscape modifications during prehistoric and historical times. The study of …

Island archaeology is a well-established field within the wider discipline, but African
contributions to it remain scarce. The Canary Islands are unusual in the broader African …

Remote islands harbour many endemic species and unique ecosystems. They are also
some of the world's most human-impacted systems. It is essential to understand how island …

The fossil record of the Azores still lacks evidence of terrestrial invertebrates. Based on a
study of the collections of Quaternary fossil plant imprints from the Azores, located in the …

Despite the multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach taken in ref. 1, we acknowledge
that there are still open questions that require further research. We emphasize that our study …

Caves represent sites of great geological and biological interest. For most taxonomic
groups, caves represent one of the most challenging ecosystems due to their extreme …

The landscape of the Azores Islands (Figure 1) is one of the most deeply transformed among
oceanic islands, as most of their preanthropic forests have been replaced by other …

The flora and vegetation of oceanic islands have been deeply affected by human settlement
and further landscape modifications during prehistoric and historical times. The study of …

Islands ecosystems are known to have exceptionally high extinction rates, but relatively little
is known of the conservation status of their insects. Historical data are available for a very …