Browsing by Author "Steadman, David W."

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Changes in parrot diversity after human arrival to the Caribbean

Oswald, Jessica A.; Tilston Smith, Brian; Allen, Julie M.; Guralnick, Robert P.; Steadman, David W.; LeFebvre, Michelle J. (2023)

Integrating across paleontological, archaeological, and neontological resources is critical for understanding millennial-scale impacts of humans on biodiversity. Here, we showcase this valuable integration, with a focus ...
Changing ecological communities along an elevation gradient in seasonally dry tropical forest on Hispaniola (Sierra Martín García, Dominican Republic)

Franklin, Janet; Majure, Lucas C.; Encarnación, Yuley; Clase, Teodoro; Almonte-Espinosa, Hodali; Landestoy T., Miguel A.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Oswald, Jessica A.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Terrill, Ryan S.; Steadman, David W. (2019)

[English] We report the results of systematic vascular plant and bird surveys in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (SDTF) across leeward and windward elevation gradients (31– 884 masl) in the Sierra Martín García (SMG), ...
Origin, paleoecology, and extirpation of bluebirds and crossbills in the Bahamas across the last glacial–interglacial transition

Steadman, David W.; Franklin, Janet (2017)

On tropical islands, extensive extirpation of birds and other vertebrates occurred during the Holocene, following human arrival. Much less is known about pre-Holocene extirpation on islands. We focus on two species (Eastern ...