Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss

Articles in SCI Journals
Oct, 2017

Gosling, W.D., de Kruif, J., Norder, S.J., de Boer, E.J., Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K.F. & McMichael, C.N.H. (2017) Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss.

Biotropica, 49(6), 778-783. DOI:10.1111/btp.12490 (IF2017 2,281; Q3 Ecology)

Summary:

Fire was rare on Mauritius prior to human arrival (AD 1598); subsequently three phases of elevated fire activity occurred: ca 1630–1747, 1787–1833, and 1950–modern. Elevated fire frequency coincided with periods of high human impact evidenced from the historical record, and is linked to the extinction of island endemics.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12490/abstract;jsessionid=FFFAAF0C3554AD8A375A5C8F7A762DF2.f04t03

Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss

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