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Linking top-down forces to the pleistocene megafaunal extinctions

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Ripple, William J. and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire

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Humans, in conjunction with natural top-down processes and through a sequence of cascading trophic interactions, may have contributed to the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. The arrival of the first humans, as hunters and scavengers, through top-down forcing, could have triggered a population collapse of large herbivores and their predators. We present...

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