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The extinct marine megafauna of the Phanerozoic [PDF]

Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
The modern marine megafauna is known to play important ecological roles and includes many charismatic species that have drawn the attention of both the scientific community and the public.
Catalina Pimiento, Kristína Kocáková, Gregor H. Mathes, Thodoris Argyriou, Edwin-Alberto Cadena, Jack A. Cooper, Dirley Cortés, Daniel J. Field, Christian Klug, Torsten M. Scheyer, Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Timon Buess, Meike Günter, Amanda M. Gardiner, Pascale Hatt, Geraldine Holdener, Giulia Jacober, Sabrina Kobelt, Sheldon Masseraz, Ian Mehli, Sarah Reiff, Eva Rigendinger, Mimo Ruckstuhl, Santana Schneider, Clarissa Seige, Nathalie Senn, Valeria Staccoli, Jessica Baumann, Livio Flüeler, Lino J. Guevara, Esin Ickin, Kimberley C. Kissling, Janis Rogenmoser, Dominik Spitznagel, Jaime A. Villafaña, Chiara Zanatta   +35 more
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Rethinking megafauna [PDF]

, 2020
Concern for megafauna is increasing among scientists and non-scientists. Many studies have emphasized that megafauna play prominent ecological roles and provide important ecosystem services to humanity. But, what precisely are “megafauna”?
Owen-Smith, N., Lewison, Rebecca, Gutiérrez Cánovas, Cayetano, Lewison, Rebecca L., Jaehnig, Sonja C., Getz, Wayne Marcus, Tella, José L, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Tella, José, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Getz, Wayne, Selva, Nuria, Jordano, Pedro, Galetti, M., Jähnig, S. C., Lewison, R., Morales-Reyes, Z., Selva, N., Tella, Jose L., Tella, José Luis, Hayward, Matt W, Jahnig, Sonja C., Revilla, E., Hayward, Matt, Garcia, N., Naidoo, Robin, Morales-Reyes, Zebensui, Sánchez-Zapata, José A, Revilla, Eloy, Barnosky, Anthony D., Svenning, J. C., Zarfl, C., Naidoo, R., Donázar, J. A., Zarfl, Christiane, García, Nuria, Hayward, Matt W., Donázar, José Antonio, Tockner, K., Galetti, Mauro [UNESP], He, F., Tella, J. L., Martín-López, Berta, Faurby, Søren, Crowder, Larry B., Martín-López, B., Tockner, Klement, Barnosky, Anthony D, Getz, Wayne M., Hayward, M. W., Sánchez-Zapata, José A., Donázar, José A., Jähnig, Sonja C, García García, Nuria, Gonzalez-Suarez, M., Monleón, Marcos, Faurby, Sören,, Barnosky, A. D., Faurby, S., Getz, W. M., Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano, Crowder Larry B., Donázar, José A, Jähnig, Sonja, Crowder, L. B., Gonzalez-Suarez, Manuela, Tochner, Klement, Sánchez-Zapata, J. A., Faurby, Soren, Galetti, Mauro, He, F. Z., Camposs-Arceiz, A., Donázar, José, Gutiérrez-Cánovas, C., Moleon, M., Getz, Wayne M, Crowder, Larry, Campos-Arceiz, A., González Suárez, Manuela, Moleón, Marcos, He, Fengzhi, Hayward, M., Crowder, Larry B, Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio, Owen-Smith, Norman, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Sánchez-Zapata, José, Lewinson, R., Jordano, P., Barnosky, Anthony   +89 more
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Assessing the effects of coral reef habitat and marine protected areas on threatened megafauna using aerial surveys

, 2023
Overfishing and habitat degradation are major threats to marine megafauna worldwide. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are effective spatial conservation tools for reducing anthropogenic pressures on threatened species but their benefits for megafauna are ...
Heuder, Mickael, Mouillot, David, Laura Mannocci, Mannocci, Laura, David Mouillot, Mickael Heudier, Heudier, Mickael   +6 more
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Indigenous participation in monitoring megafauna within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: final report of the Indigenous participation team in the megafauna expert group [PDF]

, 2020
[Extract] This report summarises a desktop review and analysis of Indigenous participation in monitoring megafauna in the coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef (the Reef), and contributes to the development of design recommendations that satisfy the ...
Fischer, M., Bayliss, P.
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Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions [PDF]

, 2017
For hundreds of millions of years, large vertebrates (megafauna) have inhabited most of the ecosystems on our planet. During the late Quaternary, notably during the Late Pleistocene and the early Holocene, Earth experienced a rapid extinction of large ...
Jens M. Olesen, de Mattos, Jacqueline S, Hansen, Dennis, Marcos Moleón, Guimaraes, Paulo R., Jr., Moleon, Marcos, Guimarães, Paulo R, Guimaraes, Paulo R., Paulo R. Guimarães, Johnson, Christopher N., Thomas Pape, Robert J. Marquis, Pires, Mathias M., Nichols, Elizabeth, Mathias M. Pires, Pape, Thomas, Jordano, Pedro, Schweiger, Andreas H., Munk, Michael; https://orcid.org/, Marquis, Robert J., Marquis, Robert J, Olesen, Jens M., Moleón, Marcos; https://orcid.org/, de Mattos, Jacqueline S., Johnson, Christopher N, Andreas H. Schweiger, Schweiger, Andreas H, Elizabeth Nichols, Dennis Hansen, Galetti, Mauro, Olesen, Jens M, Pedro Jordano, Munk, Michael, Jens-Christian Svenning, Svenning, Jens-Christian; https://orcid.org/, Mauro Galetti, Pires, Mathias M; https://orcid.org/, Michael Munk, Owen-Smith, Norman, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Galetti, Mauro [UNESP], Christopher N. Johnson, Norman Owen-Smith, de Mattos, Jacqueline S. [UNESP], Jordano, Pedro; https://orcid.org/, Jacqueline S. de Mattos   +45 more
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Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Whale sharks Rhincodon typus are globally threatened, but a lack of biological and demographic information hampers an accurate assessment of their vulnerability to further decline or capacity to recover.
Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Clare E.M. Prebble, Andrea D. Marshall, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, Sabine P. Wintner, Simon J. Pierce   +8 more
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Shaken, not stirred: blue whales show no acoustic response to earthquake events

Royal Society Open Science, 2022
Quantifying how animals respond to disturbance events bears relevance for understanding consequences to population health. We investigate whether blue whales respond acoustically to naturally occurring episodic noise by examining calling before and after
Dawn R. Barlow, Mateo Estrada Jorge, Holger Klinck, Leigh G. Torres   +3 more
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The Azores: A Mid-Atlantic Hotspot for Marine Megafauna Research and Conservation

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
The increasing public perception that marine megafauna is under threat is an outstanding incentive to investigate their essential habitats (EMH), their responses to human and climate change pressures, and to better understand their largely unexplained ...
Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes, Eva Giacomello, Maria C. Magalhães, Helen R. Martins, Telmo Morato, Verónica Neves, Rui Prieto, Rui Prieto, Ricardo S. Santos, Mónica A. Silva, Frédèric Vandeperre, Frédèric Vandeperre   +12 more
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Megafauna Seed Dispersal in the Neotropics: A Meta-Analysis Shows No Genetic Signal of Loss of Long-Distance Seed Dispersal

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Restricted gene flow may lead to the loss of genetic diversity and higher genetic differentiation among populations, but the genetic consequences of megafauna extinction for plant populations still remain to be assessed.
Rosane G. Collevatti, Jacqueline S. Lima, Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia   +2 more
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Reevaluating introduced herbivores in conservation. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Trepel J, Buitenwerf R, Ferraro K, le Roux E, Lundgren E, Maitner B, Strydom T, Svenning JC, Kerr MR.   +8 more
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