Global study: Wild megafauna shape ecosystem properties

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Feb 9, 2024, 5:00 am174 pts
For millions of years, a variety of large herbivores, or megafauna, influenced terrestrial ecosystems. Among many others, these included elephants in Europe, giant wombats in Australia, and ground sloths in South America. However, these animals experienced a wave of extinctions coinciding with the worldwide…

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