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A terrestrial vertebrate palaeontological review of Aldabra Atoll, Aldabra Group, Seychelles by Hume, Julian P, Martill, David, Hing, Richard

“…The Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage of Aldabra Atoll has been comparatively well studied. Three Upper Pleistocene fossil localities have been described…”
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Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers by Heinen, Julia H., Florens, F. B. Vincent, Baider, Cláudia, Hume, Julian P., Kissling, W. Daniel, Whittaker, Robert J., Rahbek, Carsten, Borregaard, Michael K.

“…Insular communities are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic extinctions and introductions. Changes in composition of island frugivore communities may…”
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Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration by WOOD, JAMIE R., ALCOVER, JOSEP A., BLACKBURN, TIM M., BOVER, PERE, DUNCAN, RICHARD P., HUME, JULIAN P., LOUYS, JULIEN, MEIJER, HANNEKE J.M., RANDO, JUAN C., WILMSHURST, JANET M.

“…Extinctions have altered island ecosystems throughout the late Quaternary. Here, we review the main historic drivers of extinctions on islands, patterns in…”
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The forgotten fauna: Native vertebrate seed predators on islands by Carpenter, Joanna K., Wilmshurst, Janet M., McConkey, Kim R., Hume, Julian P., Wotton, Debra M., Shiels, Aaron B., Burge, Olivia R., Drake, Donald R., Barton, Kasey

“…Human colonization of islands has resulted in the reduction or loss of many native species, and the introduction of non‐native species, producing novel…”
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Cranial evolution in the extinct Rodrigues Island owl Otus murivorus (Strigidae), associated with unexpected ecological adaptations by Duhamel, Anaïs, Hume, Julian P., Guenser, Pauline, Salaviale, Céline, Louchart, Antoine

“…Island birds that were victims of anthropic extinctions were often more specialist species, having evolved their most distinctive features in isolation, making…”
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AVOTREX: A Global Dataset of Extinct Birds and Their Traits by Sayol, Ferran, Wayman, Joseph P., Dufour, Paul, Martin, Thomas E., Hume, Julian P., Jørgensen, Maria Wagner, Martínez‐Rubio, Natàlia, Sanglas, Ariadna, Soares, Filipa C., Cooke, Rob, Mendenhall, Chase D., Margolis, Jay R., Illera, Juan Carlos, Lemoine, Rhys, Benavides, Eva, Lapiedra, Oriol, Triantis, Kostas A., Pigot, Alex L., Tobias, Joseph A., Faurby, Søren, Matthews, Thomas J.

“…ABSTRACT Motivation Human activities have been reshaping the natural world for tens of thousands of years, leading to the extinction of hundreds of bird…”
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Ancient DNA reveals the origins, colonization histories, and evolutionary pathways of two recently extinct species of giant scops owl from Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands (Mascarene Islands, south-western Indian Ocean) by Louchart, Antoine, Bastian, Fabiola, Baptista, Marilia, Guarino-Vignon, Perle, Hume, Julian P., Jacot-des-Combes, Cécile, Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile, Hänni, Catherine, Ollivier, Morgane

“…Aim The islands of the south‐western Indian Ocean region are home to many endemic bird species, with their closest relatives occurring in Africa and…”
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A new fossil subspecies of booby (Aves, Sulidae: Papasula) from Mauritius and Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands, with notes on P. abbotti from Assumption Island by Hume, Julian P

“…A new subspecies of Papasula booby is described from fossil remains collected in the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, southwestern Indian Ocean…”
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A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture by Ericson, Per G. P., Irestedt, Martin, Zuccon, Dario, Larsson, Petter, Tison, Jean-Luc, Emslie, Steven D., Götherström, Anders, Hume, Julian P., Werdelin, Lars, Qu, Yanhua

“…The New World Vulture [ Coragyps ] occidentalis (L. Miller, 1909) is one of many species that were extinct by the end of the Pleistocene. To understand its…”
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Dr Ayres and the first fossil dodo bone by Hume, Julian P

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Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra by Hume, Julian P, Martill, David

“…Abstract The Aldabra rail, Dryolimnas cuvieri subsp. aldabranus, endemic to the Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, is the last surviving flightless bird in the Indian…”
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Eggs of extinct dwarf island emus retained large size by Hume, Julian P, Robertson, Christian

“…Islands off southern Australia once harboured three subspecies of the mainland emu ( ), the smaller Tasmanian emu ( ) and two dwarf emus, King Island emu ( )…”
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Mid-Holocene (4200 kyr BP) mass mortalities in Mauritius (Mascarenes): Insular vertebrates resilient to climatic extremes but vulnerable to human impact by Rijsdijk, Kenneth F., Zinke, Jens, de Louw, Perry G.B., Hume, Julian P., van der Plicht, Hans (J.), Hooghiemstra, Henry, Meijer, Hanneke J.M., Vonhof, Hubert B., Porch, Nick, Florens, F.B. Vincent, Baider, Claudia, van Geel, Bas, Brinkkemper, Joost, Vernimmen, Tamara, Janoo, Anwar

“…In the light of the currently increasing drought frequency and water scarcity on oceanic islands, it is crucial for the conservation of threatened insular…”
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Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity by Matthews, Thomas, Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E., Triantis, Kostas A.

“…AIM: The world's islands support disproportionate levels of endemic avian biodiversity despite suffering numerous extinctions. While intensive recent research…”
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Undescribed Juvenile Plumages of the Laysan Rail Or Crake (Zapornia palmeri: Frohawk, 1892) and A Detailed Chronology of Its Extinction by Hume, Julian P.

“…The extinct Laysan Rail or Crake (Zapornia palmeri) was a small, flightless rail endemic to Laysan Island in the northwestern chain of the Hawaiian…”
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Deterministic assembly and anthropogenic extinctions drive convergence of island bird communities by Triantis, Kostas A., Rigal, Francois, Whittaker, Robert J., Hume, Julian P., Sheard, Catherine, Poursanidis, Dimitrios, Rolland, Jonathan, Sfenthourakis, Spyros, Matthews, Thomas J., Thébaud, Christophe, Tobias, Joseph A., Santos, Ana Margarida C.

“…Aim Whether entire communities of organisms converge towards predictable structural properties in similar environmental conditions remains controversial. We…”
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The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions by Matthews, Thomas J, Triantis, Kostas A, Wayman, Joseph P, Martin, Thomas E, Hume, Julian P, Cardoso, Pedro, Faurby, Søren, Mendenhall, Chase D, Dufour, Paul, Rigal, François, Cooke, Rob, Whittaker, Robert J, Pigot, Alex L, Thébaud, Christophe, Jørgensen, Maria Wagner, Benavides, Eva, Soares, Filipa C, Ulrich, Werner, Kubota, Yasuhiro, Sadler, Jon P, Tobias, Joseph A, Sayol, Ferran

“…Humans have been driving a global erosion of species richness for millennia, but the consequences of past extinctions for other dimensions of…”
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Fight club: a unique weapon in the wing of the solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria (Aves: Columbidae), an extinct flightless bird from Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands by Hume, Julian P., Steel, Lorna

“…The solitaire (Columbidae; Pezophaps solitaria) of Rodrigues was an extinct giant flightless pigeon and the sister taxon to the dodo (Columbidae; Raphus…”
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A global analysis of avian island diversity–area relationships in the Anthropocene by Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Whittaker, Robert J., Cardoso, Pedro, Hume, Julian P., Sayol, Ferran, Proios, Konstantinos, Martin, Thomas E., Baiser, Benjamin, Borges, Paulo A. V., Kubota, Yasuhiro, Anjos, Luiz, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Si, Xingfeng, Ding, Ping, Mendenhall, Chase D., Sin, Yong Chee Keita, Rheindt, Frank E., Triantis, Kostas A., Guilhaumon, François, Watson, David M., Brotons, Lluís, Battisti, Corrado, Chu, Osanna, Rigal, François

“…Research on island species–area relationships (ISAR) has expanded to incorporate functional (IFDAR) and phylogenetic (IPDAR) diversity. However, relative to…”
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The systematics and nomenclature of the Dodo and the Solitaire (Aves: Columbidae), and an overview of columbid family-group nomina by Young, Mark T, Hume, Julian P, Day, Michael O, Douglas, Robert P, Simmons, Zoë M, White, Judith, Heller, Markus O, Gostling, Neil J

“…Abstract The Dodo and its extinct sister species, the Solitaire, are iconic exemplars of the destructive capabilities of humanity. These secondarily…”
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