Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?

The last important –and possibly the most spectacular– turnover in South American mammal history occurred around the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary, when 100% of megamammal species and about 80% of large mammal species became extinct. In this paper, we consider as “megamammals” those with body mass o...

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Autores principales: Tonni, Eduardo Pedro, Cione, Alberto Luis, Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor, Haynes, Gary
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2008
Materias:
Paleontología
Ciencias Naturales
South America; mammals; extinction; pseudo extinction; human impacts
Mamíferos
Vertebrados
Antropología
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/5370
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topic Paleontología
Ciencias Naturales
South America; mammals; extinction; pseudo extinction; human impacts
Mamíferos
Vertebrados
Antropología
spellingShingle Paleontología
Ciencias Naturales
South America; mammals; extinction; pseudo extinction; human impacts
Mamíferos
Vertebrados
Antropología
Tonni, Eduardo Pedro
Cione, Alberto Luis
Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor
Haynes, Gary
Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?
topic_facet Paleontología
Ciencias Naturales
South America; mammals; extinction; pseudo extinction; human impacts
Mamíferos
Vertebrados
Antropología
description The last important –and possibly the most spectacular– turnover in South American mammal history occurred around the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary, when 100% of megamammal species and about 80% of large mammal species became extinct. In this paper, we consider as “megamammals” those with body mass over 1,000 kg, and “large mammals” those over 44 kg. With the exception of a few smaller mammals, no other animal or plant disappeared. Consequently, this extinction event was distinct from mass extinctions.
format Libro
Capitulo de libro
author Tonni, Eduardo Pedro
Cione, Alberto Luis
Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor
Haynes, Gary
author_facet Tonni, Eduardo Pedro
Cione, Alberto Luis
Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor
Haynes, Gary
author_sort Tonni, Eduardo Pedro
title Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?
title_short Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?
title_full Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?
title_fullStr Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?
title_full_unstemmed Did humans cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas?
title_sort did humans cause the late pleistocene-early holocene mammalian extinctions in south america in a context of shrinking open areas?
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publishDate 2008
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