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Western Amazonia as a Hotspot of Mammalian Biodiversity Throughout the Cenozoic
(Springer, 2017-03)
A state-of-the-art review of the Cenozoic fossil record from Western Amazonia is provided, based on literature and new data (regarding Paleogene native ungulates). It allows summarizing the evolution and dynamics of middle ...
The Structure of the Mammalian Predator Guild in the Santa Cruz Formation (Late Early Miocene)
(Springer, 2014-12)
The Santa Cruz Formation (late early Miocene, Santacrucian age) registers 11 species of mammalian predators (Metatheria, Sparassodonta). Together with large carnivorous flightless birds, they comprised the terrestrial ...
Paleoecology of the mammalian predator guild of Southern Patagonia during the latest Pleistocene: Ecomorphology, stable isotopes, and taphonomy
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2013-08)
During the late Pleistocene, Patagonia had a rich fauna of large mammals including some megamammals such as ground sloths (Mylodon darwini), horse (Hippidion saldiasi), and camelids (e.g., Lama guanicoe). The carnivore ...
The Evolution of the Cenozoic Terrestrial Mammalian Predator Guild in South America: Competition or Replacement?
(Springer, 2013-01)
South America was isolated from other continents during most of the Cenozoic, developing a very particular mammalian fauna. In contrast to North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and even Australia, the carnivore adaptative ...
Assessing species traits and landscape relationships of the mammalian carnivore community in a neotropical biological corridor
(Biodiversity and Conservation, 2016-04-06)
Mammalian carnivores play an important role in regulating food webs and ecosystems. While many carnivore populations are facing various threats such as habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and illegal trade, others ...
Response of mesocarnivores to anthropogenic landscape intensification: activity patterns and guild temporal interactions
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2021)
Carnivores face important anthropogenic threats in agricultural areas from habitat loss and fragmentation, disturbance by domestic free-roaming dogs and cats, and direct hunting by humans. Anthropogenic disturbances are ...
Indirect top-down effects of defaunation on the leaf damage of tropical plants through natural enemies
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2022-01-13)
Herbivores are responsible for keeping in check the population and health of plants. In tropical rainforests there is a myriad of herbivores, from large mammalian ungulates to microscopic pathogens. Theory predicts that ...
Pliocene pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau
(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
Pliocene South American mammals prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange comprise the evolutionary pinnacle of a long-lasting process of continental isolation, in which large-scale orogeny and climate change were ...
Intraguild Predation and Interspecific Killing as Structuring Forces of Carnivoran Communities in South America
(Springer, 2014-12)
Intraguild predation (IGP) and interspecific killing (IK) have been recently acknowledged as important ecological forces that could influence community structure. Not only can carnivores influence prey community composition, ...