ArticleBiology letters2022
Dietary isotopes of Madagascar's extinct megafauna reveal holocene browsing and grazing guilds.
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- Mid-Holocene aridity recorded in pygmy hippo and giant tortoise bone from southwest Madagascar.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Phylogenomics, historical biogeography, and diversification of leaf traits in the Malagasy-endemic genus Uncarina (Pedaliaceae).American journal of botany · 2025Article
- Introducing IsoMad, a compilation of isotopic datasets for Madagascar.Scientific data · 2024Article
- Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Are Madagascar's obligate grazing-lawns ancient and evolved with endemic herbivores, or recently selected by introduced cattle?Biology letters · 2022Article
- Dietary isotopes of Madagascar's extinct megafauna reveal holocene browsing and grazing guilds.Biology letters · 2022Article
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Abstract
Megafauna play a disproportionate role in developing and maintaining their biomes, by regulating plant dispersal, community structure and nutrient cycling. Understanding the ecological roles of extinct megafaunal communities, for example through dietary reconstruction using isotope analysis, is necessary to determine pre-human states and set evidence-based restoration goals. We use
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