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Reply to Evans and Bar-Oz et al.: Recovering ecological pattern and process in Ancient Egypt

Year: 2015

Type: letter

Abstract: Our recent paper used artistic depictions of animals and fossil evidence to examine the community-level effects of local extinction events over 6,000 y of Egyptian history (1). We found that local extinctions were nonrandom, that changes to community structure (quantified by the species predator/prey ratio) seemed to correspond to local aridification pulses, and that the decline in species richness throughout Egyptian history resulted in a drop in dynamic stability because of the elimination of smaller-bodied herbivores.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1422646112

Authors: Justin D. Yeakel, Mathias M. Pires, Lars Rudolf, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Paul L. Koch, Paulo R. Guimarães, Thilo Gross

Institutions: Santa Fe Institute, Universidade de São Paulo, Max Planck Society, University of Bristol, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dartmouth College, University of California, Santa Cruz

Language: English

Topic: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1974099693

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