Rapid range shifts and megafaunal extinctions associated with late Pleistocene climate change

Rapid range shifts and megafaunal extinctions associated with late Pleistocene climate change

The impact of late Pleistocene climate change on ecosystems has been hard to assess. Here, the authors sequence ancient DNA from Hall’s Cave, Texas and find that both plant and vertebrate diversity decreased with cooling, and though plant diversity recovered with rewarming, megafauna went extinct.

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Auteurs principaux: Frederik V. Seersholm, Daniel J. Werndly, Alicia Grealy, Taryn Johnson, Erin M. Keenan Early, Ernest L. Lundelius, Barbara Winsborough, Grayal Earle Farr, Rickard Toomey, Anders J. Hansen, Beth Shapiro, Michael R. Waters, Gregory McDonald, Anna Linderholm, Thomas W. Stafford, Michael Bunce
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2020
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