🔬🌍The late-Quaternary #extinctions led to novel #herbivore assemblages worldwide🦏🦣

🌿47–64% of today’s assemblages are functionally novel
🔥Large areas w/ novel assemblages have #biome states sensitive to these changes, eg via #fire
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7110

#NovelEcosystems #Defaunation #Vegetation