The extensive postglacial mammal losses in the West Indies provide an opportunity to
evaluate extinction dynamics, but limited data have hindered our ability to test hypotheses …

Differently from commonly used forest conservation strategies, the absence of disturbance in
non-forest-ecosystems can result in loss of biodiversity. Grassy ecosystems characterize …

To understand the current biodiversity crisis, it is crucial to determine how humans have
affected biodiversity in the past. However, the extent of human involvement in species …

Land degradation is a complex concept that integrates different aspects, including changes
in soil conditions, biodiversity, productivity and socio-economic implications, compared to a …

This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South
America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous …

Clovis groups in Late Pleistocene North America occasionally hunted several now extinct
large mammals. But whether their hunting drove 37 genera of animals to extinction has been …

The causes of megafauna extinction in the late Quaternary have long been a controversial
subject, which may be related to the limitations of adequate information to evaluate global …

Aim To determine the timing of megafaunal extinction in the high plains of Peru and also to
determine if the timing was delayed in grasslands compared with previously published …

Biologists and anthropologists have extensively documented how many animals—human
and non-human—modify their immediate surroundings, some subtly, others extensively …

It has long been argued that specialized big-game-hunting Paleoindians were responsible
for the extinction of three dozen large-bodied mammalian genera in North America. In …