A human role in Andean megafaunal extinction?

A new fossil pollen, Sporormiella, and sediment chemistry record from Lake Llaviucu, Ecuador, spanning the period from 16,280–9000 years Before Present, provides a high-resolution record of paleoecological change in the high Andes. The deglacial transition from super-páramo through páramo grasslands...

• Autor Principal: Raczka, Marco F. (author)
• Outros autores: Mosblech, N.A. (author), Giosan, L. (author), Valencia, Bryan G. (author), Folcik, A.M. (author), Kingston, M. (author), Baskin, S. (author), Bush, M.B. (author)
• Formato: article
• Publicado: 2019
• Subjects: Andes; Deglaciation; Ecuador; Extinction; Fossil pollen; Human arrival; Pleistocene megafauna; Sporormiella
• Acceso en liña: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.12.005; http://dspace.ikiam.edu.ec:8080/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/175