The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands

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The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands. / Nogue, Sandra; Santos, Ana M. C.; Birks, H. John B.; Bjorck, Svante; Castilla-Beltran, Alvaro; Connor, Simon; de Boer, Erik J.; de Nascimento, Lea; Felde, Vivian A.; Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Jose; Froyd, Cynthia A.; Haberle, Simon G.; Hooghiemstra, Henry; Ljung, Karl; Norder, Sietze J.; Penuelas, Josep; Prebble, Matthew; Stevenson, Janelle; Whittaker, Robert J.; Willis, Kathy J.; Wilmshurst, Janet M.; Steinbauer, Manuel J.

In: Science, Vol. 372, No. 6541, 2021, p. 488-491.

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Nogue, S, Santos, AMC, Birks, HJB, Bjorck, S, Castilla-Beltran, A, Connor, S, de Boer, EJ, de Nascimento, L, Felde, VA, Maria Fernandez-Palacios, J, Froyd, CA, Haberle, SG, Hooghiemstra, H, Ljung, K, Norder, SJ, Penuelas, J, Prebble, M, Stevenson, J, Whittaker, RJ, Willis, KJ, Wilmshurst, JM & Steinbauer, MJ 2021, 'The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands', Science, vol. 372, no. 6541, pp. 488-491. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd6706

APA

Nogue, S., Santos, A. M. C., Birks, H. J. B., Bjorck, S., Castilla-Beltran, A., Connor, S., de Boer, E. J., de Nascimento, L., Felde, V. A., Maria Fernandez-Palacios, J., Froyd, C. A., Haberle, S. G., Hooghiemstra, H., Ljung, K., Norder, S. J., Penuelas, J., Prebble, M., Stevenson, J., Whittaker, R. J., ... Steinbauer, M. J. (2021). The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands. Science, 372(6541), 488-491. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd6706

Vancouver

Nogue S, Santos AMC, Birks HJB, Bjorck S, Castilla-Beltran A, Connor S et al. The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands. Science. 2021;372(6541):488-491. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd6706

Author

Nogue, Sandra ; Santos, Ana M. C. ; Birks, H. John B. ; Bjorck, Svante ; Castilla-Beltran, Alvaro ; Connor, Simon ; de Boer, Erik J. ; de Nascimento, Lea ; Felde, Vivian A. ; Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Jose ; Froyd, Cynthia A. ; Haberle, Simon G. ; Hooghiemstra, Henry ; Ljung, Karl ; Norder, Sietze J. ; Penuelas, Josep ; Prebble, Matthew ; Stevenson, Janelle ; Whittaker, Robert J. ; Willis, Kathy J. ; Wilmshurst, Janet M. ; Steinbauer, Manuel J. / The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands. In: Science. 2021 ; Vol. 372, No. 6541. pp. 488-491.

Bibtex

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title = "The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands",
abstract = "Islands are among the last regions on Earth settled and transformed by human activities, and they provide replicated model systems for analysis of how people affect ecological functions. By analyzing 27 representative fossil pollen sequences encompassing the past 5000 years from islands globally, we quantified the rates of vegetation compositional change before and after human arrival. After human arrival, rates of turnover accelerate by a median factor of 11, with faster rates on islands colonized in the past 1500 years than for those colonized earlier. This global anthropogenic acceleration in turnover suggests that islands are on trajectories of continuing change. Strategies for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration must acknowledge the long duration of human impacts and the degree to which ecological changes today differ from prehuman dynamics.",
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author = "Sandra Nogue and Santos, {Ana M. C.} and Birks, {H. John B.} and Svante Bjorck and Alvaro Castilla-Beltran and Simon Connor and {de Boer}, {Erik J.} and {de Nascimento}, Lea and Felde, {Vivian A.} and {Maria Fernandez-Palacios}, Jose and Froyd, {Cynthia A.} and Haberle, {Simon G.} and Henry Hooghiemstra and Karl Ljung and Norder, {Sietze J.} and Josep Penuelas and Matthew Prebble and Janelle Stevenson and Whittaker, {Robert J.} and Willis, {Kathy J.} and Wilmshurst, {Janet M.} and Steinbauer, {Manuel J.}",
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AU - Connor, Simon

AU - de Boer, Erik J.

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AU - Felde, Vivian A.

AU - Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Jose

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AU - Haberle, Simon G.

AU - Hooghiemstra, Henry

AU - Ljung, Karl

AU - Norder, Sietze J.

AU - Penuelas, Josep

AU - Prebble, Matthew

AU - Stevenson, Janelle

AU - Whittaker, Robert J.

AU - Willis, Kathy J.

AU - Wilmshurst, Janet M.

AU - Steinbauer, Manuel J.

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N2 - Islands are among the last regions on Earth settled and transformed by human activities, and they provide replicated model systems for analysis of how people affect ecological functions. By analyzing 27 representative fossil pollen sequences encompassing the past 5000 years from islands globally, we quantified the rates of vegetation compositional change before and after human arrival. After human arrival, rates of turnover accelerate by a median factor of 11, with faster rates on islands colonized in the past 1500 years than for those colonized earlier. This global anthropogenic acceleration in turnover suggests that islands are on trajectories of continuing change. Strategies for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration must acknowledge the long duration of human impacts and the degree to which ecological changes today differ from prehuman dynamics.

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KW - HUMAN COLONIZATION

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KW - SOUTH ATLANTIC

KW - POLLEN RECORD

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