Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts

S. Kathleen Lyons (), Kathryn L. Amatangelo, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Antoine Bercovici, Jessica L. Blois, Matt Davis, William A. DiMichele, Andrew Du, Jussi T. Eronen, J. Tyler Faith, Gary R. Graves, Nathan Jud, Conrad Labandeira, Cindy V. Looy, Brian McGill, Joshua H. Miller, David Patterson, Silvia Pineda-Munoz, Richard Potts, Brett Riddle, Rebecca Terry, Anikó Tóth, Werner Ulrich, Amelia Villaseñor, Scott Wing, Heidi Anderson, John Anderson, Donald Waller and Nicholas J. Gotelli
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S. Kathleen Lyons: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Kathryn L. Amatangelo: The College at Brockport – SUNY
Anna K. Behrensmeyer: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Antoine Bercovici: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Jessica L. Blois: School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
Matt Davis: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
William A. DiMichele: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Andrew Du: Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University
Jussi T. Eronen: University of Helsinki, PO Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki
J. Tyler Faith: School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Gary R. Graves: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Nathan Jud: Biological Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maryland
Conrad Labandeira: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Cindy V. Looy: University of California Berkeley
Brian McGill: School Biology and Ecology & Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine
Joshua H. Miller: University of Cincinnati
David Patterson: Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University
Silvia Pineda-Munoz: Macquarie University
Richard Potts: Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Brett Riddle: School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Rebecca Terry: Oregon State University
Anikó Tóth: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Werner Ulrich: Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Amelia Villaseñor: Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University
Scott Wing: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Heidi Anderson: Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Jorissen Street
John Anderson: Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Jorissen Street
Donald Waller: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nicholas J. Gotelli: University of Vermont

Nature, 2016, vol. 529, issue 7584, 80-83

Abstract: Plant and animal assemblage co-occurrence patterns have remained relatively consistent for 300 million years but have changed over the Holocene epoch as the impact of humans has dramatically increased.

Date: 2016
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