Evolution, Insular Restriction, and Extinction of Oceanic Land Crabs, Exemplified by the Loss of an Endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands

Gustav Paulay; John Starmer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019916

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Evolution, Insular Restriction, and Extinction of Oceanic Land Crabs, Exemplified by the Loss of an Endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands

Gustav Paulay ,

* E-mail: paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu (GP); eucidaris@gmail.com (JS)

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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John Starmer

* E-mail: paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu (GP); eucidaris@gmail.com (JS)

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Evolution, Insular Restriction, and Extinction of Oceanic Land Crabs, Exemplified by the Loss of an Endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands

Gustav Paulay,
John Starmer

Published: May 16, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019916

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The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Live Science
Title: “Hawaiian Crabs Vanished When Humans Arrived | Land Crabs & Invasive Species | LiveScience”
http://www.livescience.co...

Publication: BBC
Title: “BBC News - Human arrival 'wiped out' Hawaii's unique crabs”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...

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