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Abrupt vegetation change after the Late Quaternary megafaunal extinction in southeastern Australia

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2013

Authors

Lopes dos Santos, Raquel A
De Deckker, Patrick
Hopmans, Ellen C
Magee, John
Mets, Anchelique
Damste, Jaap S Sinninghe
Schouten, Stefan

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Nature Publishing Group

Abstract

A substantial extinction of megafauna occurred in Australia between 50 and 45 kyr ago, a period that coincides with human colonization of Australia. Large shifts in vegetation also occurred around this time, but it is unclear whether the vegetation change

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Keywords: abundance; biomarker; biomass burning; extinction; fauna; human settlement; Quaternary; stable isotope; vegetation cover; vegetation structure; Australia; Embryophyta

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74053

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ANU Research Publications

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Nature Geoscience

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Journal article

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10.1038/ngeo1856

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2037-12-31

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