Scientists’ warning – The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

Scientists’ warning – The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

Despite islands contributing only 6.7% of land surface area, they harbor ~20% of the Earth’s biodiversity, but unfortunately also ~50% of the threatened species and 75% of the known extinctions since the European expansion around the globe. Due to their geological and geographic history and characte...

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Main Authors: José María Fernández-Palacios, Holger Kreft, Severin D.H. Irl, Sietze Norder, Claudine Ah-Peng, Paulo A.V. Borges, Kevin C. Burns, Lea de Nascimento, Jean-Yves Meyer, Elba Montes, Donald R. Drake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Extinction
Insularity
Biodiversity
Human impact
Threatened species
Urgent actions
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421003978

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