The legacy of the Pleistocene megafauna extinctions on nutrient availability in Amazonia
Abstract
Between about 50 and 10 thousand years ago, almost 100 genera of large animals went extinct. Mathematical analyses suggest that the extinctions in Amazonia have led to a reduction in the lateral flux of the limiting nutrient phosphorus—by transport of dung and bodies—by 98%.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
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- Bibcode:
- 2013NatGe...6..761D