Coalescence Models Reveal the Rise of the White-Bellied Rat (Niviventer confucianus) Following the Loss of Asian Megafauna
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DOI: 10.1007/s10914-018-9428-y
Abstract: Rodents are the major remaining mammals in many terrestrial ecosystems after the historical loss of megafauna and large-bodied taxa. Niviventer confucianus is a dominant habitat generalist in natural forests in most of China. It is… read more here.
Keywords: models reveal; niviventer confucianus; coalescence models; loss megafauna ... See more keywords
Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21201-8
Abstract: The disappearance of many North American megafauna at the end of the Pleistocene is a contentious topic. While the proposed causes for megafaunal extinction are varied, most researchers fall into three broad camps emphasizing human… read more here.
Keywords: human population; declines north; climate change; megafauna ... See more keywords
Variaciones adaptativas en la talla de la megafauna bentónica de fondos blandos tropicales en función de parámetros bióticos y abióticos
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DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v65i3.25579
Abstract: Understanding and predicting adaptations in body size of megabenthic invertebrates remains a major challenge in marine macroecology. This study was conducted in order to investigate size variations of benthic megafauna in the tropics and to… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; increase; density; size ... See more keywords
Drought Coincided with, but Does Not Explain, Late Holocene Megafauna Extinctions in SW Madagascar
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DOI: 10.3390/cli9090138
Abstract: Climate drying could have transformed ecosystems in southern Madagascar during recent millennia by contributing to the extinction of endemic megafauna. However, the extent of regional aridification during the past 2000 years is poorly known, as… read more here.
Keywords: drought coincided; explain late; madagascar; megafauna ... See more keywords
Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata
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DOI: 10.3897/bdj.5.e11794
Abstract: Abstract Background There is growing interest in mining polymetallic nodules from the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Despite being the focus of environmental studies for decades, the benthic megafauna of the… read more here.
Keywords: megafauna; exploration contract; contract area; area ... See more keywords