Interactions of climate change with biological invasions and land use in the Hawaiian Islands: Modeling the fate of endemic birds using a geographic information system

L. Benning, Tracy; A. LaPointe, Dennis; T. Atkinson, Carter; M. Vitousek, Peter

doi:10.1073/pnas.162372399

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Interactions of climate change with biological invasions and land use in the Hawaiian Islands: Modeling the fate of endemic birds using a geographic information system

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Oct 8, 2002

Authors:

Tracy L. Benning

Dennis A. LaPointe

Carter T. Atkinson

Abstract

The Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidae) represent a superb illustration of evolutionary radiation, with a single colonization event giving rise to 19 extant and at least 10 extinct species [Curnutt, J. & Pimm, S. (2001) Stud. Avian Biol. 22, 15-30]. They also represent a dramatic example of anthropo...

Subject

Ecology

Extinction (optical mineralogy)

Climate change

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