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Jessica A Oswald1,2, Brian Tilston Smith3, Julie M Allen4

  • 1US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory, Ashland, OR 97520.

概括

岛上的生物多样性丧失,特别是加勒比海的生物多样性丧失,主要发生在人类到来后. 古代和现代的DNA揭示了人类对整个全新世纪物种多样性和分布的影响.

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