Splendid oddness: revisiting the curious trophic relationships of South American Pleistocene mammals and their abundance

The South American Pleistocene mammal fauna includes great-sized animals that have intrigued scientists for over two centuries. Here we intend to update the knowledge on its palaeoecology and provide new evidence regarding two approaches: energetics and population density and relative abundance of f...

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Main Authors: RICHARD A. FARIÑA, ADA CZERWONOGORA, MARIANA DI GIACOMO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2014-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000100311&lng=en&tlng=en