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Protected areas enter a new era of uncertain challenges: extinction of a non-exigent falcon in Doñana National Park
A study from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has documented the extinction of the Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) in Doñana National Park due to prey depletion, farmland...
The extinction of the Andalusian Buttonquail
Extinction risk is often associated with intrinsic species traits such as larger size, higher trophic level, narrower habitat niche or smaller distribution area. Despite this, fast extinctions can...
Human impact is changing the way biodiversity is organized
Zoogeographical regions, or zooregions, are areas of the Earth defined by species pools that reflect ecological, historical and evolutionary processes acting over millions of years. Consequently,...
Consequences of the defaunation of the Canarian frugivorous lizards
Defaunation of large-bodied frugivores could be causing severe losses of crucial ecosystem functions such as seed dispersal. This study tested whether human-induced defaunation of the Canarian...
Comparative phylogeography of forest-dependent vertebrates
Pleistocene environmental fluctuations had well-characterized impacts on the patterns of within-species divergences and diversity in temperate habitats. Here authors examined the impact the...