Extent change of protected mangrove forest and its relation to wave power exposure on Aldabra Atoll
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01564
Abstract: Abstract Mangrove forests, vital for the conservation of biodiversity, protection of coastlines, and carbon capture, are decreasing globally at a rate higher than most other tropical forests. They are threatened by sea level rise, drought… read more here.
Keywords: extent change; extent; change protected; protected mangrove ... See more keywords
Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171800
Abstract: Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll is home to about 100 000 giant tortoises, Aldabrachelys gigantea, whose fossil record goes back to the Late Pleistocene. New Late Pleistocene fossils (age ca. 90–125 000 years)… read more here.
Keywords: crocodylians giant; aldabra atoll; giant tortoises; larger crocodylians ... See more keywords
A terrestrial vertebrate palaeontological review of Aldabra Atoll, Aldabra Group, Seychelles
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192675
Abstract: The Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage of Aldabra Atoll has been comparatively well studied. Three Upper Pleistocene fossil localities have been described yielding birds, reptiles and terrestrial molluscs. Those of Bassin Cabri and Bassin Lebine on Ile… read more here.
Keywords: terrestrial vertebrate; atoll; ile picard; point hodoul ... See more keywords