@UrsulaV @TheDirtycelt The first paper I cited (https://t.co/79T2ZDpC7I) interestingly points out that not all megafauna have equally large impact on the ecosystem. Which again makes sense, but the interesting work is in working out (part of the story …
@UrsulaV @TheDirtycelt https://t.co/79T2ZDpC7I suggests that the large changes in ecosystems after the indicates that at least some of them may have been ecosystem engineers: "lost megafauna need to have been effective ecosystem engineers, like probosci…
RT @dcpaleo: @TwilightBeasts Where is 5,000 y.a. date from? Some SA megafauna survived past ~11,000 years ago, but not Toxodon far as I kno…
@TwilightBeasts Where is 5,000 y.a. date from? Some SA megafauna survived past ~11,000 years ago, but not Toxodon far as I know. https://t.co/xgM16oDRYq