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Extinctions and Local Disappearances of Vertebrates in the Western Mediterranean Islands

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Extinctions in Near Time

Part of the book series: Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology ((AIVP,volume 2))

Abstract

A landlocked sea between the Eurasian and African plates, the Mediterranean Sea may be thought of as an ocean in miniature (Margalef, 1985). Like other seas on the borderlands between contiguous plates (e.g., Antillean and Sundaland regions), the Mediterranean is rich in islands. The islands of the Mediterranean have a complex paleogeographical history. Some are properly described as “continental,” but others just as clearly resemble oceanic islands, and are named oceanic-like islands (Alcover et al., 1998). This is reflected in their biotic composition. On continental islands, species tend to be identical or nearly identical to those on the adjacent mainland, although much less diverse. In addition to their well-known tendency to exhibit great endemism at the species level, oceanic and oceanic-like islands also display very low diversity at higher taxonomic levels and disharmonious floral and faunal integration as compared with mainland areas of similar size (Alcover et al., 1998).

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    Josep Antoni Alcover & Pere Bover

  2. Departament de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07071, Ciutat de Mallorca, Balears, Spain

    Bartomeu Seguí

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  1. Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, 10024, New York, New York, USA

    Ross D. E. MacPhee

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Alcover, J.A., Seguí, B., Bover, P. (1999). Extinctions and Local Disappearances of Vertebrates in the Western Mediterranean Islands. In: MacPhee, R.D.E. (eds) Extinctions in Near Time. Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5202-1_8

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