DANGEROUS GIANTS? – LARGE HERBIVORES, FOREST FEEDBACKS AND CLIMATE TIPPING POINTS
Could large herbivores (“megaherbivores”) modify tree-cover sufficiently to disrupt the hydrological cycle? The implications of such interactions are profound: potentially switching climates from wet to arid. Was such instability important in the past? Here, inspired by the suggestions of Gorshkov...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Penza State University Publishing House
2020-09-01
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Series: | Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology |
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