Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · View the paper (DOI)
Fossil analysis reveals morphological similarities between late Pleistocene Bahamian birds and their modern counterparts, indicating extinction due to sea level rise, warming, and wetting. The findings suggest that climate change played a significant role in the disappearance of these species.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Songbirds in the ice-age Bahamas Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Aug 28, 2017 · first to report
- Bahamian songbirds disappeared during last glacial-interglacial transition University of California - Riverside · Aug 29, 2017