The impact of the megafauna extinctions on savanna woody cover in South America

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 213-222

  Doughty, Christopher E ^a   Faurby, Søren ^b   Svenning, Jens Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EXTINCTION RISK; HERBIVORE; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; SAVANNA; WOODY PLANT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84956658969     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01593     Document Type: Article

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