Scientists’ warning – The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

Ecological correlates of species’ roles in highly invaded seed dispersal networks

(2021) Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differing severity of frugivore loss contrasts the fate of native forests on the land of the Dodo (Mascarene archipelago)

(2021) Sébastien Albert et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

No evidence for widespread island extinctions after Pleistocene hominin arrival

(2021) Julien Louys et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands

(2021) Sandra Nogué et al.   SCIENCE

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021

(2021) William J Ripple et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Hawai‘i forest review: Synthesizing the ecology, evolution, and conservation of a model system

(2021) Kasey E. Barton et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

(2020) James S. Albert et al.   AMBIO

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

(2020) Pedro Cardoso et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Collapse of dispersal trait diversity across a long‐term chronosequence reveals a strong negative impact of frugivore extinctions on forest resilience

(2020) Sébastien Albert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world’s large lakes

(2020) Jean-Philippe Jenny et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

A World of Possibilities: Six Restoration Strategies to support the United Nation's Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

(2020) James Aronson et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis

(2020) Nicolai M. Nürk et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Scientists' warning on invasive alien species

(2020) Petr Pyšek et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A strategy for the next decade to address data deficiency in neglected biodiversity

(2020) Axel Hochkirch et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The forgotten fauna: Native vertebrate seed predators on islands

(2020) Joanna K. Carpenter et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Increase of insular exotic arthropod diversity is a fundamental dimension of the current biodiversity crisis

(2020) Paulo A. V. Borges et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora

(2020) Rodrigo Cámara-Leret et al.   NATURE

Human impact and ecological changes during prehistoric settlement on the Canary Islands

(2020) Lea de Nascimento et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Global change in microcosms: Environmental and societal predictors of land cover change on the Atlantic Ocean Islands

(2020) Sietze J. Norder et al.   Anthropocene

Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

(2020) Sandra Díaz et al.   SCIENCE

Future climate change vulnerability of endemic island mammals

(2020) Camille Leclerc et al.   Nature Communications

Reduced tropical cyclone densities and ocean effects due to anthropogenic greenhouse warming

(2020) Jung-Eun Chu et al.   Science Advances

The Ecology of Nonecological Speciation and Nonadaptive Radiations

(2019) Jesse E. Czekanski-Moir et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Estimated six percent loss of genetic variation in wild populations since the industrial revolution

(2019) Deborah M. Leigh et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Structure, spatial dynamics, and stability of novel seed dispersal mutualistic networks in Hawaiʻi

(2019) Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni et al.   SCIENCE

Island Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

(2019) James C. Russell et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Niche syndromes reveal climate-driven extinction threat to island endemic conifers

(2019) Kyle C. Rosenblad et al.   Nature Climate Change

The evolving threat of Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (ROD) to Hawai‘i’s native ecosystems and rare plant species

(2019) Lucas B. Fortini et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

(2019) Sandra Díaz et al.   SCIENCE

Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota

(2018) Paulo A. V. Borges et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

(2018) Mark van Kleunen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Islands as biological substrates: Continental

(2018) Jason R. Ali   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools

(2018) Hanno Seebens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands worldwide

(2018) Dietmar Moser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration

(2017) JAMIE R. WOOD et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

(2017) Jairo Patiño et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene

(2017) Christopher N. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories

(2017) Robert J. Whittaker et al.   SCIENCE

Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

(2017) Wayne Dawson et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ancient islands acted as refugia and pumps for conifer diversity

(2016) Fabien L. Condamine et al.   CLADISTICS

Molecular Evolutionary Consequences of Island Colonization

(2016) Jennifer E. James et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates

(2016) Alex Slavenko et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation

(2016) Manuel J. Steinbauer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Islands as biological substrates: classification of the biological assemblage components and the physical island types

(2016) Jason R. Ali   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Late Quaternary climate change shapes island biodiversity

(2016) Patrick Weigelt et al.   NATURE

Climate threat on the Macaronesian endemic bryophyte flora

(2016) Jairo Patiño et al.   Scientific Reports

The Importance of Islands for the Protection of Biological and Linguistic Diversity

(2015) Bernie R. Tershy et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur-Wilson

(2015) Ben H. Warren et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands – Projections, implications and current knowledge

(2015) David E.V. Harter et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Large-Scale Range Collapse of Hawaiian Forest Birds under Climate Change and the Need 21st Century Conservation Options

(2015) Lucas B. Fortini et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of antipredator behavior in an island lizard species,Podarcis erhardii(Reptilia: Lacertidae): The sum of all fears?

(2014) Kinsey M. Brock et al.   EVOLUTION

Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions on the continents: a short review

(2014) Anthony John Stuart   GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change

(2014) Céline Bellard et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Incidence, Correlates, and Origins of Dioecy in the Island Flora of New Caledonia

(2014) Mark A. Schlessman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Island tameness: living on islands reduces flight initiation distance

(2014) W. E. Cooper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vulnerability of terrestrial island vertebrates to projected sea-level rise

(2013) Florian T. Wetzel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impact of sea level rise on the 10 insular biodiversity hotspots

(2013) Céline Bellard et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Insular Woodiness on the Canary Islands: A Remarkable Case of Convergent Evolution

(2013) Frederic Lens et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Of mice and mammoths: generality and antiquity of the island rule

(2013) Mark V. Lomolino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Bioclimatic and physical characterization of the world's islands

(2013) P. Weigelt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Magnitude and variation of prehistoric bird extinctions in the Pacific

(2013) R. P. Duncan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

(2012) Céline Bellard et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The island biogeography of languages

(2012) Michael C. Gavin et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Of mice and mammoths: evaluations of causal explanations for body size evolution in insular mammals

(2011) Mark V. Lomolino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution of reproductive life histories in island birds worldwide

(2011) R. Covas   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Actual and potential natural vegetation on the Canary Islands and its conservation status

(2010) Marcelino-José del Arco Aguilar et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Patterns of Seed Dispersal and Dispersal Failure in a Hawaiian Dry Forest Having Only Introduced Birds

(2010) Charles G. Chimera et al.   BIOTROPICA

Forest Conversion and Degradation in Papua New Guinea 1972-2002

(2009) Phil L. Shearman et al.   BIOTROPICA

Rapid deforestation of South Island, New Zealand, by early Polynesian fires

(2009) David B. McWethy et al.   HOLOCENE

Adaptation and diversification on islands

(2009) Jonathan B. Losos et al.   NATURE

A global assessment of endemism and species richness across island and mainland regions

(2009) G. Kier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Use of Extant Non-Indigenous Tortoises as a Restoration Tool to Replace Extinct Ecosystem Engineers

(2009) Christine J. Griffiths et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Recovery expenditures for birds listed under the US Endangered Species Act: The disparity between mainland and Hawaiian taxa

(2008) David L. Leonard   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Invasive rodents on islands: integrating historical and contemporary ecology

(2008) Donald R. Drake et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

A global review of island endemic birds

(2008) T. H. JOHNSON et al.   IBIS

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography

(2008) Robert J. Whittaker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Species invasions and extinction: The future of native biodiversity on islands

(2008) D. F. Sax et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA