Mauritius on fire: Tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss

Authors
Publication date 11-2017
Journal Biotropica
Volume | Issue number 49 | 6
Pages (from-to) 778-783
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract 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.
Document type Article
Note With supplementary file
Language English
Related dataset Data from: Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss
Published at https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12490
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