Mortality in a predator-free insular environment : the dwarf deer of Crete. (American Museum novitates, no. 3807)
| dc.contributor.author | Geer, Alexandra van der, 1963- | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lyras, G. A. (George A.) | |
| dc.contributor.author | MacPhee, R. D. E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lomolino, Mark V., 1953- | |
| dc.contributor.author | Drinia, Hara. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-01T14:58:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-01T14:58:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06-30 | |
| dc.description | 26 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Age-graded fossils of Pleistocene endemic Cretan deer (Candiacervus spp.) reveal unexpectedly high juvenile mortality similar to that reported for extant mainland ruminants, despite the fact that these deer lived in a predator-free environment and became extinct before any plausible date for human arrival. Age profiles show that deer surviving past the fawn stage were relatively long-lived for ruminants, indicating that high juvenile mortality was not an expression of their living a "fast" life. Although the effects on survivorship of such variables as fatal accidents, starvation, and disease are difficult to gauge in extinct taxa, the presence of extreme morphological variability within nominal species/ecomorphs of Candiacervus is consistent with the view that high juvenile mortality can function as a key innovation permitting rapid adaptation in insular contexts. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6540 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Museum of Natural History. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Museum novitates, no. 3807. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Candiacervus. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mortality. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Age determination. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Animal life cycles. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cervidae, Fossil. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Deer, Fossil. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Island animals. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Island ecology. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Crete (Greece) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Greece. | en_US |
| dc.title | Mortality in a predator-free insular environment : the dwarf deer of Crete. (American Museum novitates, no. 3807) | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Mortality patterns in Cretan deer. | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Dwarf deer of Crete. | en_US |
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