Past biological invasions have contributed to shaping our present day biodiversity. For many
island ecosystems, they are the only source of terrestrial life. At the same time, biological …

A wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the origins and histories of the first agricultural
populations in many different parts of the world This fully revised and updated second …

Humans introduced paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) from Taiwan into the Pacific
over 5000 years ago as a fiber source to make barkcloth textiles that were, and still are …

Historically, barkcloth in Southeast Asia and Oceania has been made using diverse plant
species, mostly in the fig plant family (Moraceae). Despite the general use of woven textiles …

Rapa Nui is one of the smallest, most remote, and isolated landmasses in the world to have
already been settled when European explorers arrived in the eighteenth century. The first …

Identification of invasive plant species must be accurate and timely for management
practices to be successful. Currently, Cytisus scoparius (Scotch broom) is expanding …

Kaute and its derivatives' koute',''oute and'aute'are Polynesian names for a red-flowered
Hibiscus. Since its first botanical collection on Tahiti by Banks and Solander (1769), this …

Humans and figs form hybrid communities within the context of anthropogenic landscapes,
supported by biocultural mutualisms driven by traits of Ficus species and people's …

In Part I of this article (Melka and Schoch 2021), 1 we described an antique wooden artifact
from Easter Island, known as the “Lutz–Terasaki fragment”, that bears a single rongorongo …

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