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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1502540113 |
Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene | |
Malhi Y.; Doughty C.E.; Galetti M.; Smith F.A.; Svenning J.-C.; Terborgh J.W. | |
发表日期 | 2016 |
ISSN | 0027-8424 |
起始页码 | 838 |
结束页码 | 846 |
卷号 | 113期号:4 |
英文摘要 | Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more recently in the oceans. Much has been written on the timing and causes of these declines, but only recently has scientific attention focused on the consequences of these declines for ecosystem function. Here, we review progress in our understanding of how megafauna affect ecosystem physical and trophic structure, species composition, biogeochemistry, and climate, drawing on special features of PNAS and Ecography that have been published as a result of an international workshop on this topic held in Oxford in 2014. Insights emerging from this work have consequences for our understanding of changes in biosphere function since the Late Pleistocene and of the functioning of contemporary ecosystems, as well as offering a rationale and framework for scientifically informed restoration of megafaunal function where possible and appropriate. |
英文关键词 | Biogeochemistry; Extinctions; Rewilding; Trophic cascades; Vegetation structure |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | biogeochemistry; carnivore; climate; ecosystem; fauna; herbivore; megafauna; nonhuman; Pleistocene; priority journal; Review; species composition; Upper Pleistocene; vegetation; animal; aquatic species; astronomy; biodiversity; body size; carnivory; climate change; endangered species; environmental protection; evolution; herbivory; history; human activities; mammal; migration; phylogeography; population migration; species extinction; Animal Migration; Animals; Aquatic Organisms; Biodiversity; Biological Evolution; Body Size; Carnivory; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources; Earth (Planet); Ecosystem; Endangered Species; Extinction, Biological; Herbivory; History, Ancient; Human Activities; Human Migration; Mammals; Phylogeography |
来源期刊 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/158976 |
作者单位 | Malhi, Y., Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom; Doughty, C.E., Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom; Galetti, M., Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil; Smith, F.A., Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States; Svenning, J.-C., Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark; Terborgh, J.W., Center for Tropical Conservation, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Malhi Y.,Doughty C.E.,Galetti M.,et al. Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene[J],2016,113(4). |
APA | Malhi Y.,Doughty C.E.,Galetti M.,Smith F.A.,Svenning J.-C.,&Terborgh J.W..(2016).Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,113(4). |
MLA | Malhi Y.,et al."Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113.4(2016). |
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