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Santa Elina, Mato Grosso, site ancien au centre de l’Amérique du Sud

Brésil(s), 2022
Due to its geographical location and its Pleistocene-era antiquity, the Santa Elina rock shelter renews the analysis of prehistoric settlements in South America. In the mountains where the shelter is hidden, Pleistocene men hunted a Glossotherium, 27,000
Denis Vialou, Águeda Vilhena Vialou
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Supplementary Material for "Rethinking megafauna"

, 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’?
Rebecca Lewison (93006), Nuria García (2719753), Wayne M. Getz (7344890), Nuria Selva (112233), Manuela González-Suárez (227359), Berta Martín-López (158830), Larry B. Crowder (8462433), Eloy Revilla (121208), Mauro Galetti (42323), Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz (834995), Robin Naidoo (166788), Søren Faurby (3310392), Norman Owen-Smith (232488), Sonja C. Jähnig (8070449), Zebensui Morales-Reyes (7325678), José L. Tella (7323848), Pedro Jordano (42324), Klement Tockner (697858), Jens-Christian Svenning (93039), Christiane Zarfl (2142070), Matt W. Hayward (8462439), José A. Donázar (8462430), Anthony D. Barnosky (7636109), Fengzhi He (8462436), Marcos Moleón (212130), José A. Sánchez-Zapata (7325675), Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas (2929842)   +26 more
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Using Drone Footage to Analyze the Effect of Diver Presence on Juvenile Manta Ray Behavior

Drones
Manta ray tourism has become a multi-million-dollar industry proposed as a conservation tool in recent decades; however, its impacts remain unclear. We use drones and Markov models to quantify the effects of diver presence on a juvenile population of the
Miguel de Jesús Gómez-García, Amanda L. O’Brien, Jessica H. Pate   +2 more
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Contrasting Habitat Use and Population Dynamics of Reef Manta Rays Within the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area, Indonesia

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Manta rays (Mobula spp.) are highly valued in nature-based tourism globally. In Indonesia, although manta rays are protected, critical information is lacking on their habitat use, population dynamics and movements. We investigate the population structure
Elitza S. Germanov, Elitza S. Germanov, Elitza S. Germanov, Lars Bejder, Lars Bejder, Delphine B. H. Chabanne, Delphine B. H. Chabanne, Dharmadi Dharmadi, I. Gede Hendrawan, Andrea D. Marshall, Simon J. Pierce, Mike van Keulen, Mike van Keulen, Neil R. Loneragan, Neil R. Loneragan, Neil R. Loneragan   +15 more
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
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Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna [PDF]

, 2016
From the late Pleistocene to the Holocene and now the so-called Anthropocene, humans have been driving an ongoing series of species declines and extinctions (Dirzo et al. 2014).
Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Vucetich, JA, Morrison, John C, Hunter, LTB, Dirzo, R, Beschta, RL, Kerley, Graham I. H, Christopher Sandom (4466128), Darimont, CT, Hayward, Matt W, Hedges, S, Morrison, John C., Elizabeth L Bennett (16233746), Morrison, JC, Wirsing, Aaron J, Pringle, Robert M, Galetti, M, Dickman, Amy, Letnic, M, Dirzo, Rodolfo, Bennett, EL, Wallach, Arian D., Wirsing, AJ, Goswami, Varun R., Galetti, Mauro [UNESP], Sarah M Durant (16053722), Hunter, Luke T. B., Corlett, RT, Dickman, Amy J., Lindsey, PA, Dublin, Holly T, Durant, SM, Van Valkenburgh, B, Macdonald, David W, Sandom, Christopher J., Goswami, VR, Dickman, Amy J, Lindsay, PA, Corlett, Richard T, Ripple, WJ, Wolf, C, Ripple, William J, Goswami, Varun R, Young, H, Bruskotter, Jeremy T, José Vicente López-Bao (6716594), Wolf, Christopher, Lindsey, Peter A, Terborgh, John, Everatt, KT, Beschta, Robert L, Vicente Lopez-Bao, Jose, Ripple, William J., Kerley, Graham I. H., Newsome, TM, Van Valkenburgh, Blaire, Zhang, L, Darimont, Chris T, Dublin, Holly T., Wirsing, Aaron J., Macdonald, David W., Wallach, Arian D, Macdonald, DW, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Hoffmann, M, Peter A Lindsey (16225010), Estes, JA, Corlett, Richard T., Hunter, Luke T.B., Wallach, AD, Vucetich, John A., Painter, Luke, David W Macdonald (8026412), Young, Hillary, Hayward, MW, López Bao, José Vicente, Chapron, Guillaume, Nelson, Michael Paul, Beschta, Robert L., Campos-Arceiz, A, Dickman, AJ, Guillaume Chapron (369646), Estes, James A., Dickman, A, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Hayward, Matt W., Sandom, CJ, Levi, T, Pringle, RM, Lopez-Bao, José V., Bennett, Elizabeth L, Estes, James A, Bruskotter, JT, Lopez-Bao, JV, Chapron, G, Newsome, Thomas M., Everatt, Kristoffer T, Kerley, Graham IH, Pringle, Robert M., Everatt, Kristoffer T., Lopez-Bao, Jose Vicente, Maisels, F, William J Ripple (13535812), Dublin, HT, Nelson, MP, Hoffmann, Michael, Durant, Sarah M., et al (16046813), Sandom, Christopher J, Vucetich, John A, Hunter, Luke T. B, Terborgh, J, Durant, Sarah M, Treves, A, Bruskotter, Jeremy T., Kerley, Graham I.H., Lindsey, Peter A., Galetti, Mauro, Zhang, Li, Treves, Adrian, Painter, L, Letnic, Mike, Hunter, Luke T B, Maisels, Fiona, Newsome, Thomas M, Hayward, Matthew, Woodroffe, R, Woodroffe, Rosie, Hoffman, M, Kerley, GIH, Hedges, Simon, Darimont, Chris T., Levi, Taal   +132 more
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Trophic and feeding ecology of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) using bulk stable isotope analysis

Frontiers in Fish Science
IntroductionDespite their size, relatively passive behavior, and commercial significance, knowledge of the behavioral ecology of whale sharks remains limited.
Clare E. M. Prebble, Lydie I. E. Couturier, Christoph A. Rohner, Simon J. Pierce, Clive N. Trueman   +4 more
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Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

Conservation Letters, 2019
Many of the world's vertebrates have experienced large population and geographic range declines due to anthropogenic threats that put them at risk of extinction. The largest vertebrates, defined as megafauna, are especially vulnerable.
William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M. Newsome, Matthew G. Betts, Gerardo Ceballos, Franck Courchamp, Matt W. Hayward, Blaire VanValkenburgh, Arian D. Wallach, Boris Worm   +9 more
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Osteohistological evidence for terrestrial adaptation and an extended growth period in mekosuchine crocodylians and its potential role in their extinction

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Australasian crocodylian fossil record is dominated by the extinct endemic clade Mekosuchinae, with known members spanning the Eocene‐to‐Holocene. This diverse clade exhibited high morphological disparity, from early members superficially similar to Crocodylus, to more terrestrial forms later in the clade's evolutionary history.
Devin K. Hoffman, Cecily S. C. Nicholl, Oliver Bradley, Sreya Magar, Marie Sofia Sebaratnam, Alexandra Houssaye, Ryan N. Felice, Adam M. Yates, Stephen F. Poropat, Philip D. Mannion   +9 more
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Drone-Based Assessment of Marine Megafauna off Wave-Exposed Sandy Beaches

Remote Sensing, 2023
The wave-impacted waters off exposed sandy beaches support marine megafauna, including dolphins, whales, sharks, rays and turtles. To characterise variation in megafaunal assemblages in this challenging habitat, we used drone-based remote sensing to ...
Brendan P. Kelaher, Kim I. Monteforte, Stephen G. Morris, Thomas A. Schlacher, Duane T. March, James P. Tucker, Paul A. Butcher   +6 more
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