🔬🌍The late-Quaternary
#extinctions led to novel
#herbivore assemblages worldwide🦏🦣
🌿47–64% of today’s assemblages are functionally novel
🔥Large areas w/ novel assemblages have
#biome states sensitive to these changes, eg via
#fire
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doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#NovelEcosystems #Defaunation #Vegetation
The Late‐Quaternary Extinctions Gave Rise to Functionally Novel Herbivore Assemblages
We find that 47% of assemblages are functionally novel, indicating that fundamental changes in herbivore impacts have occurred across the world. On 20% of land, functionally novel herbivore assemblag....
