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Alexandra van der Geer

@IslandEvolution

island mammals | trait evolution | biodiversity dynamics | human impact | ethnozoology | researcher at @Naturalis_Sci, NWO Veni laureate #2017, PhD 2014 & 1998

 The Netherlands
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Joined September 2013
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The fragility of splendid isolation: Imminent global threat for the world’s island life | PNAS pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna…
The fragility of splendid isolation: Imminent global threat for the world’s island life | PNAS

The fragility of splendid isolation: Imminent global threat for the world’s island life | PNAS

The fragility of splendid isolation: Imminent global threat for the world’s island life

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Our latest article on the Paleolithic petroglyphs of Asphendou (Crete) is finally out here: scholarlypublishingcollectiv…
Figural Art in the Paleolithic Aegean: The Asphendou Petroglyphs in Context

Figural Art in the Paleolithic Aegean: The Asphendou Petroglyphs in Context

ABSTRACT. The Asphendou Cave petroglyphs are located high in the Alpine zone of the White Mountains of Crete (Greece). The petroglyphs are carved into the speleothem of the cave’s floor. These...

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Our article on patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene | Science Advances is just out: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Human impacts substantially affect our ability to detect and understand natural biodiversity patterns.

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A fossil-calibrated divergence times and historical biogeography of the rare Zoraptera #tropical_insects #Pangea #ContributionsToZoology #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja…
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The Rapa Nui diving beetle has been rediscovered after almost 100 years – and it is rewriting its own evolutionary story. #remote_ecosystems #islandbiodiversity #Dytiscidae #EasterIsland Full story in Contributions to Zoology #OpenAccess here: lnkd.in/eBnBQsi7
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Larvae of two closely related butterflies can coexist on the same plant by using it in different ways. #nichepartitioning #Papilio #Dictamnus Full story in Contributions to Zoology #OpenAccess here: lnkd.in/eRBY7t7P
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The ISPH is back in Europe! The 8th International Symposium on Palaeohistology will take place at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in the quiet and charming city of Leiden (the Netherlands) from 6 to 8 July 2027. isph2027.wordpress.com/ and @isph2027.bsky.social
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Vijf voor twaalf voor baobabs op Madagaskar naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu…
Vijf voor twaalf voor baobabs op Madagaskar

Vijf voor twaalf voor baobabs op Madagaskar

Baobabs zijn langlevende bomen. Tijdens het regenseizoen slaan ze water op in hun verdikte stam en zo kunnen ze lange droogteperiodes overbruggen. Veel soorten worden met uitsterven bedreigd door...

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Data-rich article by Julian Schrader and team on 'Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism' 🏝️🎍🌿(paywall, unfortunately) nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism

Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism

Nature - A standardized checklist of all known vascular plants shows the distribution of island native and endemic species, identifies their conservation status and highlights the need for actions...

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New article by @GeorgiosLyras and Dionysia Liakopoulou: The brain of Myotragus balearicus, an insular bovid from the Balearics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The brain of Myotragus balearicus, an insular bovid from the Balearics

The brain of Myotragus balearicus, an insular bovid from the Balearics

Myotragus balearicus is the terminal species of a Caprinae lineage that inhabited the Balearic Islands since the Messinian. Myotragus balearicus had a relatively small brain, reported to be half th...

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Proud with our newest manuscript on Irish Megaloceros giganteus: Increased incidences of cervical ribs in deer indicate extinction risk | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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The End of an Era: Jared Diamond's ecological collapse story of Rapa Nui inhabitants nailed. Read this population genomics paper nature.com/articles/s41586-0… #Rapanui #resilience #sustainable #Polynesians
Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas

Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas

Nature - An analysis of 15 ancient genomes from individuals dating to AD 1670–1950 from Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) addresses questions about the population history of the island.

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Afgezonderde madeliefjes: de verbazingwekkende biodiversiteit van Asteraceae op oceanische eilanden naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu…
Afgezonderde madeliefjes: de verbazingwekkende biodiversiteit van Asteraceae op oceanische eilanden

Afgezonderde madeliefjes: de verbazingwekkende biodiversiteit van Asteraceae op oceanische eilanden

Uit nieuw onderzoek blijkt dat Asteraceae, de plantenfamilie van onder andere madeliefjes en zonnebloemen, de meest diverse plantengroep is op tientallen eilanden wereldwijd. De bescheiden madelief...

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excavations at Liang Bua continue... #Homo_floresiensis #dwarf_megafauna #giant_rats
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📍Liang Bua
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Very happy with our new book Marvels and Perils of Island Life, Evolution, Ecology and Extinction in Splendid Isolation, by Mark Lomolino and me, now available at Amazon - Kindle Direct Publishing: ISBN-13 979-8879215922 at a.co/d/hw4nr7v
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Zeldzaam fossiel onthult hoe de ‘hobbitmens’ in razend tempo kromp parool.nl/ts-b5f7e022/
Zeldzaam fossiel onthult hoe de ‘hobbitmens’ in razend tempo kromp

Zeldzaam fossiel onthult hoe de ‘hobbitmens’ in razend tempo kromp

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Great article by Kaifu and colleagues on early Homo floresiensis: dwarfism evolved in about 300 thousand years. Reminds me of dwarf elephants, where we found similar rates of dwarfism 🏝️⌛️#islands #rapid_evolution nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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well-said: "the final populations of all moa species persisted in suboptimal habitats in cold, mountainous areas that were generally last and least impacted by people". This applies to all remaining insular endemic species, not only flightless birds 😢#vulnerable #extinction_risk
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UU hires: PhD project: Island biogeography through the lens of a geologist 🏝️🧑‍🎓🌏
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Read our chapter on Eugène Dubois' work in Sumatra before he went to Java: press-files.anu.edu.au/downl… #openaccess #sumatra #Dubios #searchforthemissinglink #LidaAjer #Padang
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