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Reorganization of surviving mammal communities after the end-Pleistocene megafaunal extinction

Published:2019-09-20 Issue:6459 Volume:365 Page:1305-1308
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Tóth Anikó B.¹^ORCID,Lyons S. Kathleen²^ORCID,Barr W. Andrew³^ORCID,Behrensmeyer Anna K.⁴^ORCID,Blois Jessica L.⁵^ORCID,Bobe René⁶⁷^ORCID,Davis Matt⁸^ORCID,Du Andrew⁹^ORCID,Eronen Jussi T.¹⁰¹¹,Faith J. Tyler¹²^ORCID,Fraser Danielle¹³¹⁴^ORCID,Gotelli Nicholas J.¹⁵^ORCID,Graves Gary R.¹⁶¹⁷^ORCID,Jukar Advait M.⁴^ORCID,Miller Joshua H.¹⁸^ORCID,Pineda-Munoz Silvia⁴¹⁹^ORCID,Soul Laura C.⁴^ORCID,Villaseñor Amelia²⁰,Alroy John¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia.

2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.

3. Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.

4. Department of Paleobiology, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.

5. School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA.

6. Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

7. Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.

8. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Country, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.

9. Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.

10. Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.

11. BIOS Research Unit, Meritullintori 6, 00170 Helsinki, Finland.

12. Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.

13. Palaeobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P, Canada.

14. Departments of Biology and Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.

15. Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.

16. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.

17. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.

18. Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.

19. Spatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab (SEPL), School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

20. Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.

Abstract

Extinction leads to restructuring By most accounts, human activities are resulting in Earth's sixth major extinction event, and large-bodied mammals are among those at greatest risk. Loss of such vital ecosystem components can have substantial impacts on the structure and function of ecological systems, yet fully understanding these effects is challenging. Tóth et al. looked at the loss of large-bodied mammals in the Pleistocene epoch to identify potential community assembly effects. They found that the demise of large mammals led to a restructuring and a shift from biotic to abiotic drivers of community structure. Understanding past changes may help predict the community-level effects of the extinctions we are currently driving. Science , this issue p. 1305

Funder

National Science Foundation

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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