Interspecific social dominance mimicry (ISDM) is a proposed form of social parasitism in
which a subordinate species evolves to mimic and deceive a dominant ecological …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) translocated into the nuclear genome (numt), when co-
analysed with genuine mtDNA, could plague phylogeographic studies. To evaluate numt …

Aim Anthropogenic activities alter and constrain the structure of marine ecosystems with
implications for wide‐ranging marine vertebrates. In spite of the environmental importance of …

(American Ornithologists' Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made between April
15, 2017, and April 15, 2018, by the AOS's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature …

Species determination and definition in eukaryotes have traditionally been based on
morphology, with little focus on genetic differentiation. Molecular methods allow for the …

Humans are regularly cited as the main driver of current biodiversity extinction, but the
impact of historic volcanic activity is often overlooked. Pre-human evidence of wildlife …

Abstract The Late Quaternary fossil record indicates that formerly in the North Atlantic
volcanic Macaronesian archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands, and …

Incidental mortality in fisheries is a major driver of population declines for albatrosses and
petrels globally. However, accurate identification of species can be difficult due to the poor …

A new species of extinct gadfly petrel (Procellariidae, Pterodroma) is described from the
Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Its remains have been recovered in Holocene fossil …

The paper presents an evaluation of subfossil bird bones from archaeological and
geological sites in Europe that shows that birds of the genus Pelecanus occurred far out of …