Megafauna in the Earth system

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 99-108

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Doughty, Christopher E ^b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b   Svenning, Jens Christian ^c   Terborgh, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; EARTH STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; POACHING;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84956664687     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02156     Document Type: Article

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