Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on global vegetation and climate
The end of the Pleistocene was a turning point for the Earth system as climate gradually emerged from millennia of severe glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere. The deglacial climate change coincided with an unprecedented decline in many species of Pleistocene megafauna, including the near-total era...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-08-01
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Series: | Climate of the Past |
Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/9/1761/2013/cp-9-1761-2013.pdf |