Archaeology, historical ecology and anthropogenic island ecosystems

Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems

(2017) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   SCIENCE

Historical ecology and the conservation of large, hermaphroditic fishes in Pacific Coast kelp forest ecosystems

(2017) Todd J. Braje et al.   Science Advances

Closing the gap: New data on the last documented Myotragus and the first human evidence on Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2016) Pere Bover et al.   HOLOCENE

Advanced maritime adaptation in the western Pacific coastal region extends back to 35,000–30,000 years before present

(2016) Masaki Fujita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Using seafaring simulations and shortest-hop trajectories to model the prehistoric colonization of Remote Oceania

(2016) Álvaro Montenegro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions

(2016) Nicole L. Boivin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What caused extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna of Sahul?

(2016) C. N. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

(2016) C. N. Waters et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia

(2016) Frédérik Saltré et al.   Nature Communications

Defining the Anthropocene

(2015) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest Rapid Evolution of Dwarf California Channel Islands Foxes (Urocyon littoralis)

(2015) Courtney A. Hofman et al.   PLoS One

Vertebrate community on an ice-age Caribbean island

(2015) David W. Steadman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

(2015) Jan Zalasiewicz et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Sea level, paleogeography, and archeology on California's Northern Channel islands

(2015) Leslie Reeder-Myers et al.   QUATERNARY RESEARCH

Defining the epoch we live in

(2015) W. F. Ruddiman et al.   SCIENCE

Changes in a West Indian bird community since the late Pleistocene

(2014) David W. Steadman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climate windows for Polynesian voyaging to New Zealand and Easter Island

(2014) I. D. Goodwin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intensified mollusk exploitation on Nevis (West Indies) reveals ~six centuries of sustainable exploitation

(2014) Aaron S. Poteate et al.   Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

The cultural landscape near the ancient city of Tharros (central West Sardinia): vegetation changes and human impact

(2013) Federico Di Rita et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Intensifying collection and size increase of the tessellated nerite snail (Nerita tessellata) at the Coconut Walk site, Nevis, northern Lesser Antilles, AD 890–1440

(2013) Christina M. Giovas et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 9. Capra hircus, the Feral Goat (Mammalia: Bovidae)

(2013) Mark W. Chynoweth et al.   PACIFIC SCIENCE

The origins and persistence of Homo floresiensis on Flores: biogeographical and ecological perspectives

(2013) Robin W. Dennell et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Integrating Paleobiology, Archeology, and History to Inform Biological Conservation

(2012) TORBEN C. RICK et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

New insights into the consumption of maize and other food plants in the pre-Columbian Caribbean from starch grains trapped in human dental calculus

(2012) Hayley L. Mickleburgh et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Terraced fields and Mediterranean landscape structure: An analytical case study from Antikythera, Greece

(2011) Andrew Bevan et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Where were the northern elephant seals? Holocene archaeology and biogeography of Mirounga angustirostris

(2011) Torben C. Rick et al.   HOLOCENE

New records for prehistoric introduction of Neotropical mammals to the West Indies: evidence from Carriacou, Lesser Antilles

(2011) Christina M. Giovas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Household expansion linked to agricultural intensification during emergence of Hawaiian archaic states

(2011) J. S. Field et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

When the World's Population Took Off: The Springboard of the Neolithic Demographic Transition

(2011) J.-P. Bocquet-Appel   SCIENCE

Long-term impacts of invasive grasses and subsequent fire in seasonally dry Hawaiian woodlands

(2010) Carla M. D'Antonio et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

10,000 years of human predation and size changes in the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) on San Miguel Island, California

(2010) Jon M. Erlandson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Hominins on Flores, Indonesia, by one million years ago

(2010) Adam Brumm et al.   NATURE

High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia

(2010) Janet M. Wilmshurst et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Archaeology Meets Marine Ecology: The Antiquity of Maritime Cultures and Human Impacts on Marine Fisheries and Ecosystems

(2009) Jon M. Erlandson et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Fishing from past to present: continuity and resilience of red abalone fisheries on the Channel Islands, California

(2009) Todd J. Braje et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Opportunities and constraints for intensive agriculture in the Hawaiian archipelago prior to European contact

(2009) Thegn N. Ladefoged et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A trans-Holocene archaeological record of Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) on the California coast

(2009) Torben C. Rick et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Ecological Restoration in the Light of Ecological History

(2009) S. T. Jackson et al.   SCIENCE

The rat and the octopus: initial human colonization and the prehistoric introduction of domestic animals to Remote Oceania

(2008) Atholl Anderson   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Human impacts on ancient shellfish: a 10,000 year record from San Miguel Island, California

(2008) Jon M. Erlandson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The protracted Holocene extinction of California's flightless sea duck (Chendytes lawi) and its implications for the Pleistocene overkill hypothesis

(2008) T. L. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insularity and its effects

(2008) M.R. Palombo   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Last Glacial to Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution at Lago di Pergusa (Sicily, Southern Italy) as inferred by pollen, microcharcoal, and stable isotopes

(2007) L. Sadori et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL