- July 9, 2009
- 08:55 PM
- 506 views
Taking a Bite out of Niche Conservatism
by Johnny in Ecographica
...the research holds critical the idea that niches remain constant over extended periods of time. This idea, called niche conservatism, essentially holds that niches are highly specialized, ancestrally –linked, relatively inflexible and are therefore exceedingly susceptible to disturbance and rapid degradation in the face of change - particularly climate change. ... Read more »
DeSantis, L., Feranec, R., & MacFadden, B. (2009) Effects of Global Warming on Ancient Mammalian Communities and Their Environments. PLoS ONE, 4(6). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005750
- June 5, 2009
- 02:13 AM
- 555 views
How Big (Dead) Mammals Respond(ed) to Global Warming: Paleontology and Our Climate Crisis
by Andrew Farke in The Open Source Paleontologist
After all of the commotion over "Ida," I'm happy to point out a new, thought-provoking paper in PLoS ONE that perhaps has more relevance to modern humans than any old primate of debated affinity. This new contribution ties two rather cool issues together: charismatic megafauna and global warming. And what might they have to do with each other?Within the scientific community, our current cycle of climate change ("global warming") is pretty well-supported by numerous lines of evidence. In light of........ Read more »
DeSantis, L., Feranec, R., & MacFadden, B. (2009) Effects of global warming on ancient mammalian communities and their environments. PLoS ONE, 4(6). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005750
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