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Accepted Paper:
Tales from islands: palaeoecological methods to quantify biodiversity change on tropical islands
Sandra Nogué
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona CREAF)
Nichola Strandberg
Alvaro Castilla-Beltrán
(Universidad de La Laguna)
Palaeoecological research has shed new light on the impact of people on tropical island’s biodiversity. Here we will discuss how and why island biodiversity changed during the years following human settlement with emphasis on rates of change and the introduction and spread of non-native taxa.
Paper long abstract:
Islands represent 6.67% of the planet emerging land, being home not only to 20% of the world’s biota, but also home to about 10% of the world’s human population, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Palaeoecological research has shed new light on the impact of people on tropical island’s biodiversity. In this talk we will discuss how and why island biodiversity changed significantly during the years following human settlement. For example, we will show evidences of an increase of rate of change and the role of people on the introduction and spread of non-native taxa.