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Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Present-day Amazonia has an impoverished fauna of large folivorous mammals by comparison with African rainforests, but recent fossil discoveries suggest that late-Quaternary anthropogenic extinctions could account for most size and trophic faunal mismatches. The extent to which modern Amazonian ecology may be an artifact of prehistoric human intervention merits periodic re-evaluation as paleontological evidence of the Pleistocene megafauna continues to emerge.

Source: Biotropica

DOI: 10.1111/btp.13398

Author: Robert S. Voss

Institution: American Museum of Natural History

Language: English

Topic: Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,500