State–space models (SSMs) are an important modeling framework for analyzing ecological
time series. These hierarchical models are commonly used to model population dynamics …

Rodent middens provide a fine-scale spatiotemporal record of plant and animal
communities over the late Quaternary. In the Americas, middens have offered insight into …

The conservation status of large-bodied mammals is dire. Their decline has serious
consequences because they have unique ecological roles not replicated by smaller-bodied …

Aim Functional traits mediate the interactions of species among themselves and with their
environment, providing a link between diversity and ecosystem function. Crucially, the loss …

The late Quaternary in North America was marked by highly variable climate and
considerable biodiversity loss including a megafaunal extinction event at the terminal …

The significant extinctions in Earth history have largely been unpredictable in terms of what
species perish and what traits make species susceptible. The extinctions occurring during …

Reptiles are animals that depend on external environmental conditions to regulate their
body temperature. The temperature is a key factor for the embryonic development in …

Simple Summary Investigating the dietary preferences and ecological niche characteristics
of mammals can reveal their adaptive strategies under environmental changes, as well as …

Quantifying the niche of contemporary and fossil organisms is key to identifying the primary
factors driving species and community dynamics through time, in particular teasing apart …

Body size is an important life history trait that for fossils can be reconstructed by utilizing
scaling relationships between body size and measurements on isolated bones from extant …