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Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts

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  • S. Kathleen Lyons

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Kathryn L. Amatangelo

    (The College at Brockport – SUNY)

  • Anna K. Behrensmeyer

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Antoine Bercovici

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Jessica L. Blois

    (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced)

  • Matt Davis

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
    Yale University)

  • William A. DiMichele

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Andrew Du

    (Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University)

  • Jussi T. Eronen

    (University of Helsinki, PO Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki)

  • J. Tyler Faith

    (School of Social Science, The University of Queensland)

  • Gary R. Graves

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
    Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen)

  • Nathan Jud

    (Biological Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maryland
    Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida)

  • Conrad Labandeira

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
    University of Maryland College Park
    Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University)

  • Cindy V. Looy

    (University of California Berkeley)

  • Brian McGill

    (School Biology and Ecology & Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine)

  • Joshua H. Miller

    (University of Cincinnati)

  • David Patterson

    (Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University)

  • Silvia Pineda-Munoz

    (Macquarie University)

  • Richard Potts

    (Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Brett Riddle

    (School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada-Las Vegas)

  • Rebecca Terry

    (Oregon State University)

  • Anikó Tóth

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Werner Ulrich

    (Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University)

  • Amelia Villaseñor

    (Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University)

  • Scott Wing

    (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Heidi Anderson

    (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Jorissen Street)

  • John Anderson

    (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Jorissen Street)

  • Donald Waller

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Nicholas J. Gotelli

    (University of Vermont)

Abstract

Plant and animal assemblage co-occurrence patterns have remained relatively consistent for 300 million years but have changed over the Holocene epoch as the impact of humans has dramatically increased.

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  • S. Kathleen Lyons & Kathryn L. Amatangelo & Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Antoine Bercovici & Jessica L. Blois & Matt Davis & William A. DiMichele & Andrew Du & Jussi T. Eronen & J. Tyler Faith & Gary R. Gra, 2016. "Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts," Nature, Nature, vol. 529(7584), pages 80-83, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:529:y:2016:i:7584:d:10.1038_nature16447
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16447
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    1. Tisdell, Clement, 2018. "The sustainability and desirability of the traditional economies of Australian Aborigines: Controversial issues," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 1-8.
    2. Danielle Fraser & Amelia Villaseñor & Anikó B. Tóth & Meghan A. Balk & Jussi T. Eronen & W. Andrew Barr & A. K. Behrensmeyer & Matt Davis & Andrew Du & J. Tyler Faith & Gary R. Graves & Nicholas J. Go, 2022. "Late quaternary biotic homogenization of North American mammalian faunas," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. S.T. Hussain & F. Riede, 2020. "Paleoenvironmental humanities: Challenges and prospects of writing deep environmental histories," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(5), September.

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