Mauritius kestrels show long-term legacy of man-made habitat change
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
The widespread loss of forest to sugarcane fields on the island of Mauritius has forced kestrels living there to survive by speeding up their life histories, according to a report published online on February 20 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. By getting an earlier start, the birds are managing to have just as many offspring, even though they die sooner.