Search Results - "RANDO, JUAN C."

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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Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus Pterodroma (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae) by Rando, Juan C, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando, Torres-Roig, Enric, Alcover, Josep Antoni

“…Abstract The Late Quaternary fossil record indicates that formerly in the North Atlantic volcanic Macaronesian archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary…”
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Unforeseen diversity of quails (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnix) in oceanic islands provided by the fossil record of Macaronesia by Rando, Juan C, Alcover, Josep A, Pieper, Harald, Olson, Storrs L, Hernández, C Nayra, López-Jurado, L Felipe

“…Abstract The original bird fauna of most oceanic islands has been affected by recent extinction processes associated with human arrival and its subsequent…”
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Population connectivity buffers genetic diversity loss in a seabird by Ramírez, Oscar, Gómez-Díaz, Elena, Olalde, Iñigo, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, González-Solís, Jacob, Lalueza-Fox, Carles

“…BACKGROUND: Ancient DNA has revolutionized conservation genetic studies as it allows monitoring of the genetic variability of species through time and…”
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Discovery of a Living Giant Lizard, Genus Gallotia (Reptilia: Lacertidae), from la Gomera, Canary Islands by Nogales, Manuel, Juan C. Rando, Valido, Alfredo, Martín, Aurelio

“…We describe the external morphology of a new giant lizard found alive on La Gomera Island (Canarian Archipelago), which had been previously described from…”
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