Exceptional body size may have led to extinction of large megafauna during Pleistocene
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 07:52
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Universidad de la República in Uruguay has found evidence that suggests the huge size of some animals during the Pleistocene may have been one of the contributing factors to their extinction. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Angel Segura, Richard Fariña and Matías Arim describe their analysis of the major food webs during the Pleistocene in the Americas and its possible impact on megafauna.