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Effects of global warming on ancient mammalian communities and their environments [1]

Current global warming affects the composition and dynamics of mammalian communities and can increase extinction risk; however, long-term effects of warming on mammals are less understood. Dietary reconstructions inferred from stable isotopes of fossil herbivorous mammalian tooth enamel document environmental and climatic changes in ancient ecosystems, including C3/C4 transitions and relative seasonality.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Larisa R. G. DeSantis [2], Robert S. Feranec [3], Bruce J. MacFadden [4]
PLoS ONE [5]
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Climate Change [6], Mammals [7], Global Warming [8], Climate Science [9], Fauna [10], United States Of America (US) [11], Climate Impacts [12]
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