Extinction of endemic vertebrates on islands:The case of the giant rat Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Rodentia) on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

Bocherens, Herve
Michaux, Jacques
Talavera, Francisco Garcia
Van der Plicht, Johannes

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October 2006

DOI

10.1016/j.crpv.2006.04.001

Abstract

Fossil bone collagen (14)C dating and delta(13)C and delta(15)N isotopic measurements of the rodent Canariomys bravoi from Tenerife (Canary Islands.. Spain) were used to test two different hypotheses about the causes of extinctions of endemic vertebrates on islands. climate versus humans. For the Tenerife giant rat, we show that it survived the climatic change that occurred between the Middle and Late Holocene, but not the settlement of humans on the island.</p

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Extinction of endemic vertebrates on islands:The case of the giant rat Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Rodentia) on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

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Extinction of endemic vertebrates on islands:The case of the giant rat Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Rodentia) on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

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