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Late Pleistocene megafauna extinction leads to missing pieces of ecological space in a North American mammal community
The conservation status of large-bodied mammals is dire. Their decline has serious consequences because they have unique ecological roles not replicated by smaller-bodied animals. Here, we use the fossil record of the megafauna extinction at the terminal Pleistocene to explore the consequences of pa...
Autores principales: | Smith, Felisa A., Elliott Smith, Emma A., Villaseñor, Amelia, Tomé, Catalina P., Lyons, S. Kathleen, Newsome, Seth D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9522422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36122233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115015119 |
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