Extinction‐driven changes in frugivore communities on oceanic islands

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. 1245 - 1255
• Main Authors: Heinen, Julia H., van Loon, E. Emiel, Hansen, Dennis M., Kissling, W. Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2018; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Birds; Body mass; climate; Cook Islands; diet; Dispersal; Dispersion; Downsizing; ecological competition; Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystems; Elevation; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental changes; Environmental restoration; Extinction; Frugivores; geographical variation; Geography; global change; Guilds; Hawaii; Indian Ocean; Islands; Oceanic islands; Rainfall; Reptiles; risk; Seychelles; species diversity; Species extinction; Species richness; temperature; Tonga; Vertebrates; Hawaii; Indian Ocean; Cook Islands; Tonga; Seychelles

Global change and human expansion have resulted in many species extinctions worldwide, but the geographic variation and determinants of extinction risk in particular guilds still remain little explored. Here, we quantified insular extinctions of frugivorous vertebrates (including birds, mammals and...