Ecological effects and distribution of invasive non-native mammals on the Canary Islands Page 1
Mammal Rev. 2006, Volume 36, No. 1, 49–65. Printed in Singapore. © 2006 Mammal Society …

The fossil and subfossil mammal scenario of the oceanic islands of Macaronesia–the
Azores, Madeira, and the Savage Islands (Portugal), the Canary Islands (Spain) and Cape …

We studied the effects of herbivores on populations of four endemic legume species in pine
forests in Caldera de Taburiente National Park on La Palma, Canary Islands. Seeds of these …

Major ecological changes related to anthropogenic activities begin on islands with initial
human settlement. Key factors to understanding insular Holocene ecological changes are …

Questions Do introduced herbivores and fire explain the mono‐dominance of one legume
shrub (Adenocarpus viscosus subsp. spartioides) above the tree line on an oceanic island …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Two bones were selected to be dated from a pool of potential
samples (Table 1). They came from two archaeological sites (Cueva de La Laguna and …

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

Understanding late Holocene extinctions on islands requires accurate chronologies for all
relevant events, including multiple colonisations by humans and the introduction of alien …

L a Palma is a mountainous and remote island placed in the Canarian Archipelago
(Spain)(Figure 17.1). e earliest colonisers arrived to the island from northern Africa …

Insular ecosystems have been subjected to severe hardship during the last millennia. Large
numbers of insular bird species have undergone local disappearances and full extinctions …