Paleoecology

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Figures from: Reintroducing extirpated herbivores could partially reverse the late Quaternary decline of large and grazing species posted in the Pleistocene rewilding thread

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Changes in the body mass and diet of herbivore species from the Late Pleistocene to the present‐day. (a) Change in body mass of herbivore species globally since the Late Pleistocene. (b) Global species richness declines of grazers, mixed feeders, and browsers since the Late Pleistocene

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Changes in the body mass and diet structure of a western European herbivore assemblage. Schematic showing changes in the body mass and diet structure of a western European herbivore assemblage during the late Quaternary and the consequences on assemblage trait structure when reinstating herbivore species using different restoration baselines. The animal silhouettes illustrate the species present at different time points in the past (blue bars) or in different future scenarios (green bars) Reply