The study of bones from archaeological sites in Eastern Polynesia has revealed much late
Holocene extinction of birds. Because this extinction has been found in all Eastern …

Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

In order to achieve a monophyletic classification of oryzomyine rodents, 10 new genera are
described for species or species groups previously referred to the polyphyletic genus …

In this study I provide a phylogenetic hypothesis for the tribe Oryzomyini that can be used to
understand the diversification and evolution of this group of rodents and to revise the current …

Geological extinction of a continental megafauna of Holarctic mammoths, American ground
sloths, and Australian diprotodonts, to name a few mammalian examples, rivals pulsing ice …

Current knowledge of caves and karst regions of Ecuador is scarce and broadly limited to
discrete areas such as that of the Galápagos volcanokarst. In continental Ecuador …

Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide
stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found …

In this first comprehensive review of negative effects of introduced rodents on insular small
mammals, the focal species Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, R. exulans and Mus musculus are …

Sigmodontine rodents are the most diverse family-level mammalian clade in the Neotropical
region, with about 70 genera and 320 recognized species. Partial sequences (1266bp) from …

Vertebrate remains recovered from a limestone fissure filling on Antigua, Lesser Antilles, are
associated with radiocarbon dates ranging from 4300 to 2500 yr BP, contemporaneous with …