SOME FEATURES OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF MAMMAL FAUNAS OF THE PALEARCTIC AND NEARCTIC IN THE TERMINAL CENOZOIC

Historical changes in the terminal Cenozoic are analyzed in those mammalian species of the Palearctic and Nearctic that, interacting with soil and vegetation, made possible the pasture ecosystems that were distributed from tropical Africa to some Arctic islands. In addition to large herbivores of pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology
Main Author: V. N. Kalyakin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Penza State University Publishing House 2016
Subjects:
large terrestrial herbivores
carnivores
edentates (armadillos and terrestrial sloths)
extinction
extermination
primitive hunters
terminal Pliocene
Pleistocene
Holocene
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.21685/2500-0578-2016-3-1
https://doaj.org/article/125f846c21ee44188461769d1e17f17a
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Summary:Historical changes in the terminal Cenozoic are analyzed in those mammalian species of the Palearctic and Nearctic that, interacting with soil and vegetation, made possible the pasture ecosystems that were distributed from tropical Africa to some Arctic islands. In addition to large herbivores of pasture ecosystems and carnivores feeding on those herbivores, some of the largest rodents are included in the analysis; in the Nearctic, edentates are also discussed: the specifics of their biology made them readily accessible and therefore very desired game for primitive hunters.

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