Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement
Abstract
The island continent of Australia harbors much of the world's most distinctive biodiversity, but this review describes an extent of recent and ongoing loss of its mammal fauna that is exceptionally high and appreciably greater than previously recognized. The causes of loss are dissimilar to those responsible for most biodiversity decline elsewhere in the world.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- April 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.1417301112
- Bibcode:
- 2015PNAS..112.4531W