The puzzle of North America's Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction patterns: Test of new explanation yields unexpected results

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-544

  Yule, Jeffrey V ^a   Jensen, Christopher X J ^b,c   Joseph, Aby ^c   Goode, Jimmie ^d  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRATT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric constraint; Functional response; Megafauna; Model assessment; Model design methodology; Overkill; Parameterization; Pleistocene extinctions

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MEGAFAUNA; MODEL ASSESSMENT; MODEL DESIGN METHODOLOGY; OVERKILL; PARAMETERIZATION; PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS;

MAMMALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; PARAMETERIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58849150246     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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