The loss of biodiversity is increasingly complex, with anthropogenic influences greatly enhancing the rate of this phenomenon. Mauritius, as an insular island, was profoundly affected by the colonization of humans. Much of the original fauna as wll as an unspecified number of plants went extinct shortly thereafter; what species which managed to survive were relegated to remote portions of the island such as mountaintops and islets. As human intervention attains ecological predominance in the new era of globalization, the comprehensive reevaluation of the relationship between human activity...