What is conservation paleobiology? Tracking 20 years of research and development

EM Dillon, JQ Pier, JA Smith, NB Raja… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining,
united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation …

Quantifying temporal variation in dietary niche to reveal drivers of past population declines

AE Cheeseman, BP Tanis, EJ Finck - Functional Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Given the long and dynamic history of anthropogenic disturbances to ecosystems, it is
difficult to determine the drivers of past population declines. These uncertainties dilute the …

The sensitivity of Neotoma to climate change and biodiversity loss over the late Quaternary

CP Tomé, SK Lyons, SD Newsome, FA Smith - Quaternary Research, 2022 - cambridge.org
The late Quaternary in North America was marked by highly variable climate and
considerable biodiversity loss including a megafaunal extinction event at the terminal …

Changes in the diet and body size of a small herbivorous mammal (hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus) following the late Pleistocene megafauna extinction

CP Tomé, EA Elliott Smith, SK Lyons… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The catastrophic loss of large‐bodied mammals during the terminal Pleistocene likely led to
cascading effects within communities. While the extinction of the top consumers probably …

After the mammoths: The ecological legacy of late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions

FA Smith, EAE Smith, CP Hedberg… - Cambridge Prisms …, 2023 - cambridge.org
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 …

Isotopic niche breadth of a generalist mesopredator increases with habitat heterogeneity across its range

LL Walsh, PK Tucker - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although generalists are becoming increasingly abundant and widespread, little is known
about their response to ecological variation they encounter across their range. For example …

Marine conservation palaeobiology: What does the late Quaternary fossil record tell us about modern-day extinctions and biodiversity threats?

M Kowalewski, R Nawrot, D Scarponi… - Cambridge Prisms …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Near-time conservation palaeobiology uses palaeontological, archaeological and other
geohistorical records to study the late Quaternary transition of the biosphere from its pristine …

Evaluating the responses of three closely related small mammal lineages to climate change across the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

NS Vitek, PE Morse, DM Boyer, SG Strait, JI Bloch - Paleobiology, 2021 - cambridge.org
Interpreting the impact of climate change on vertebrates in the fossil record can be
complicated by the effects of potential biotic drivers on morphological patterns observed in …

Body mass‐related changes in mammal community assembly patterns during the late Quaternary of North America

S Pineda‐Munoz, AM Jukar, AB Tóth, D Fraser… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The late Quaternary of North America was marked by prominent ecological changes,
including the end‐Pleistocene megafaunal extinction, the spread of human settlements and …

[HTML][HTML] Millennial-scale drivers of small mammal isotopic niche dynamics in southern California

NS Fox, JR Southon, CM Howard, GT Takeuchi… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …