Teasing Apart Impacts of Human Activity and Regional Drought on Madagascar’s Large Vertebrate Fauna: Insights From New Excavations at Tsimanampesotse and Antsirafaly

Teasing Apart Impacts of Human Activity and Regional Drought on Madagascar’s Large Vertebrate Fauna: Insights From New Excavations at Tsimanampesotse and Antsirafaly

Madagascar experienced a major faunal turnover near the end of the first millenium CE that particularly affected terrestrial, large-bodied vertebrate species. Teasing apart the relative impacts of people and climate on this event requires a focus on regional records with good chronological control....

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Main Authors: Laurie R. Godfrey, Brooke E. Crowley, Kathleen M. Muldoon, Stephen J. Burns, Nick Scroxton, Zachary S. Klukkert, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana, Jamie Alumbaugh, Matthew Borths, Ryan Dart, Peterson Faina, Steven M. Goodman, Isaac J. Gutierrez, James P. Hansford, Evon R. Hekkala, Christopher W. Kinsley, Phillip Lehman, Margaret E. Lewis, David McGee, Ventura R. Pérez, Noromamy J. Rahantaharivao, Mamy Rakotoarijaona, Harimanjaka A. M. Rasolonjatovo, Karen E. Samonds, Samuel T. Turvey, Natalie Vasey, Patrick Widmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
megafaunal collapse
climate change
human impacts
southwest Madagascar
Late Holocene
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.742203/full

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