The rat and the octopus: initial human colonization and the prehistoric introduction of domestic animals to Remote Oceania

By Atholl Anderson. Biological Invasions, 2009

103 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Geography, Planning and Development, Paleontology

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In Ecology

1. Pasquale Raia
2. Shai Meiri
3. Y. Itescu
4. A. Slavenko

In Paleontology

1. Shai Meiri
2. Pasquale Raia
3. Y. Itescu

Citations in the corpus

• Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration (2017, unknown): “Other taxa intentionally introduced included fauna for protein resources (e.g. goats (Capra hircus) and pigs (Sus scrofa)) and hunting aids such as dogs (Canis familiaris; Schüle 1993; Prebble 2008; Anderson 2009).”
• Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates (2016, background): “…occupation of their range (c. 50,000 years for Australia, c. 14,000 years A. Slavenko et al. 2 Global Ecology and Biogeography, VC 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd for the Americas, c. 3000 years for Oceania, and c. 2000 years for Madagascar; Barnosky et al., 2004; Burney et al., 2004; Anderson, 2009).”