You have accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Biology Letters Editorial Team 2016Retraction: Predation selectively culls medium-sized species from island mammal faunasBiol. Lett.122016066120160661http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0661SectionYou have accessRetractionRetraction: Predation selectively culls medium-sized species from island mammal faunas Biology Letters Editorial Team Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Biology Letters Editorial Team Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:01 August 2016https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0661This article retracts the followingResearch ArticlePredation selectively culls medium-sized species from island mammal faunashttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.1066 Emily Hanna and Marcel Cardillo volume 10issue 4Biology Letters01 April 2014Biol. Lett.10, 20131066 (Published online 2 April 2014). (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1066)Following publication of the article ‘Predation selectively culls medium-sized species from island mammal faunas’ in Biology Letters (Biol. Lett.10, 20131066, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1066), the publisher was made aware of errors in the database. The authors constructed a new database that corrected all of the known errors, removed records from an unpublished Northern Territory Government source, and added a number of new records from the literature. The new database, with a full description of its construction, will be published in a forthcoming correction article in Global Ecology andBiogeography. On repeating the analyses using the new data, a new conclusion was reached that indicates island extinction patterns are more biased towards larger sizes, rather than intermediate sizes. Given that the main conclusion of the original paper is no longer supported, the editors have decided to retract the article. The new analyses and results will be published elsewhere.The errors in the original database resulted from honest mistakes, and there is no suggestion of any author misconduct.Despite numerous attempts to contact Emily Hanna, she could not be reached. This retraction is therefore signed by Marcel Cardillo on behalf of both authors.Dr Marcel CardilloMacroevolution and Macroecology Group, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Building 116, Daley Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australiaemail: [email protected]Prof. Richard Battarbee FRSEditor-in-Chief, Biology LettersSurayya JoharPublishing Editor, Biology Letters Previous Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsRelated articlesPredation selectively culls medium-sized species from island mammal faunas01 April 2014Biology Letters This IssueAugust 2016Volume 12Issue 8 Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0661PubMed:27576525Published by:Royal SocietyOnline ISSN:1744-957XHistory: Published online01/08/2016Published in print31/08/2016 License:© 2016 The Author(s)Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Citations and impact Subjectsecology Large datasets are available through Biology Letters' partnership with Dryad