The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Collapse of the world's largest herbivores

WJ Ripple, TM Newsome, C Wolf, R Dirzo… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Large wild herbivores are crucial to ecosystems and human societies. We highlight the 74
largest terrestrial herbivore species on Earth (body mass≥ 100 kg), the threats they face …

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

JC Svenning, PBM Pedersen… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Trophic rewilding is an ecological restoration strategy that uses species introductions to
restore top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades to promote self …

[图书][B] Open ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge

WJ Bond - 2019 - books.google.com
This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change

C Sandom, S Faurby, B Sandel… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The late Quaternary megafauna extinction was a severe global-scale event. Two factors,
climate change and modern humans, have received broad support as the primary drivers …

Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

E Willerslev, J Davison, M Moora, M Zobel, E Coissac… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Although it is generally agreed that the Arctic flora is among the youngest and least diverse
on Earth, the processes that shaped it are poorly understood. Here we present 50 thousand …

Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation

ES Bakker, JL Gill, CN Johnson… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Until recently in Earth history, very large herbivores (mammoths, ground sloths, diprotodons,
and many others) occurred in most of the World's terrestrial ecosystems, but the majority …

[图书][B] Sacred ecology

F Berkes - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples
around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing …

[图书][B] Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems

M Begon, CR Townsend - 2021 - books.google.com
A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems–now in full …

[图书][B] Biological invasions

M Williamson - 1996 - books.google.com
Written by a world-respected scientist on the subject of the book, this is an advanced text for
students of ecology, population biology and evolution, as well as professional ecologists …