Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems

RM Pringle, JO Abraham, TM Anderson, TC Coverdale… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

[HTML][HTML] The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation

Y Malhi, T Lander, E le Roux, N Stevens… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Two major environmental challenges of our time are responding to climate change and
reversing biodiversity decline. Interventions that simultaneously tackle both challenges are …

[HTML][HTML] A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

KH Kjær, M Winther Pedersen, B De Sanctis… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs 3.6 to 0.8 million years ago had
climates resembling those forecasted under future warming. Palaeoclimatic records show …

Cascading impacts of seed disperser loss on plant communities and ecosystems

HS Rogers, I Donoso, A Traveset… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

[图书][B] The probiotic planet: Using life to manage life

J Lorimer - 2020 - books.google.com
Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet
Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal …

Meta-analysis shows that wild large herbivores shape ecosystem properties and promote spatial heterogeneity

J Trepel, E le Roux, AJ Abraham… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Megafauna (animals≥ 45 kg) have probably shaped the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems for
millions of years with pronounced impacts on biogeochemistry, vegetation, ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene population declines in extant megafauna are associated with Homo sapiens expansion rather than climate …

J Bergman, RØ Pedersen, EJ Lundgren… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The worldwide extinction of megafauna during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene is
evident from the fossil record, with dominant theories suggesting a climate, human or …

Mammal diversity will take millions of years to recover from the current biodiversity crisis

M Davis, S Faurby, JC Svenning - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The incipient sixth mass extinction that started in the Late Pleistocene has already erased
over 300 mammal species and, with them, more than 2.5 billion y of unique evolutionary …

Synzoochory: the ecological and evolutionary relevance of a dual interaction

JM Gómez, EW Schupp, P Jordano - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Synzoochory is the dispersal of seeds by seed-caching animals. The animal partner in this
interaction plays a dual role, acting both as seed disperser and seed predator. We propose …

Humboldt and the reinvention of nature

JG Pausas, WJ Bond - Journal of Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alexander von Humboldt is a key figure in the history of ecology and biogeography who
contributed to shape what is today ecology, as well as the environmentalist movement. His …