Why DODOS Actually Went EXTINCT | Island Biogeography 1

Part one of three!

Most people know only two things when it comes to the dodo: they were stupid, and now they are extinct. But this simplistic view leaves out the full picture. In this video, we're exploring the many reasons why dodos ended up extinct, as well as the larger evolutionary forces at play.

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Further Reading / Works Cited:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/november/invasive-species-impact-on-island-flora-and-fauna.html
https://archive.org/details/songofdodoisland00quam
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.3019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo#/media/File:Owen_dodo_reconstruction.jpg
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00005423
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2844594
https://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/ecol438/lect13.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3281323.stm
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Island_Biogeography.html
https://cgab.yale.edu/projects/ancient-dna/extinct-dwarf-elephants-mediterranean-islands-past
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Extinct_Birds
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-lost-world-of-the-dodo.html
https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/selection/2018-tucci.pdf
https://gsas.yale.edu/news/what-killed-giant-elephant-bird-madagascar

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