Megafaunal extinctions : the conservation message from 11,000 years B.p

At the end of the Pleistocene, the Americas, northern Eurasia: and Australia experienced a vast decline in large mammal diversity, while Africa and tropical Asia were hardly affected. The elimination of the megaberbivores (animals weighing >1000 kg, probably by human predation, removed the vegeta...

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 3(1989), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 405-12
1. Verfasser: Owen-Smith, N (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1989
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article