Spiroan Traders, the Sanders Site, and the Plains Interaction Sphere: A Reply to Bruseth, Wilson, and Perttula

Schambach, Frank F.

doi:10.1080/2052546.2000.11931986

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“…These ecological and evolutionary losses and their ecological and conservation implications have only recently been appreciated, and largely for terrestrial systems (Janzen and Martin 1982;Martin 1999;Burney et al 2002;Steadman and Martin 2003;Donlan and Martin 2004). For example, the current distributions of some extreme anachronistic plants (Osage orange [Maclura pomifera] and Crescentia alata) with megaherbivore dispersal syndromes have been severely reduced compared to their distributions in the Pleistocene (Gentry 1983;Schambach 2000). Of seven Maclura species present in North America in the Pleistocene, a single species now survives.…”

Section: The Ghosts Of Evolution's Past: Anachronisms On the Landscapementioning

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Lessons from Land Present and Past Signs of Ecological Decay and the Overture to Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinctio

DONLAN¹,

MARTIN²,

ROEMER³

2007

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems

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Section: The Ghosts Of Evolution's Past: Anachronisms On the Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons from Land Present and Past Signs of Ecological Decay and the Overture to Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinctio

DONLAN¹,

MARTIN²,

ROEMER³

2007

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems

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Pleistocene Rewilding: An Optimistic Agenda for Twenty‐First Century Conservation

Donlan¹,

Berger²,

Bock³

et al. 2006

The American Naturalist

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Large vertebrates are strong interactors in food webs, yet they were lost from most ecosystems after the dispersal of modern humans from Africa and Eurasia. We call for restoration of missing ecological functions and evolutionary potential of lost North American megafauna using extant conspecifics and related taxa. We refer to this restoration as Pleistocene rewilding; it is conceived as carefully managed ecosystem manipulations whereby costs and benefits are objectively addressed on a case-by-case and locality-by-locality basis. Pleistocene rewilding would deliberately promote large, long-lived species over pest and weed assemblages, facilitate the persistence and ecological effectiveness of megafauna on a global scale, and broaden the underlying premise of conservation from managing extinction to encompass restoring ecological and evolutionary processes. Pleistocene rewilding can begin immediately with species such as Bolson tortoises and feral horses and continue through the coming decades with elephants and Holarctic lions. Our exemplar taxa would contribute biological, economic, and cultural benefits to North America. Owners of large tracts of private land in the central and western United States could be the first to implement this restoration. Risks of Pleistocene rewilding include the possibility of altered disease ecology and associated human health implications, as well as unexpected ecological and sociopolitical consequences of reintroductions. Establishment of programs to monitor suites of species interactions and their consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem health will be a significant challenge. Secure fencing would be a major economic cost, and social challenges will include acceptance of predation as an overriding natural process and the incorporation of pre-Columbian ecological frameworks into conservation strategies.

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A Cultural and Entomological Review of the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid.) (Moraceae) and the Origin and Early Spread of “Hedge Apple” Folklore

Ferro

2014

SENA

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Spiroan Traders, the Sanders Site, and the Plains Interaction Sphere: A Reply to Bruseth, Wilson, and Perttula

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Lessons from Land Present and Past Signs of Ecological Decay and the Overture to Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinctio

Lessons from Land Present and Past Signs of Ecological Decay and the Overture to Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinctio

Pleistocene Rewilding: An Optimistic Agenda for Twenty‐First Century Conservation

A Cultural and Entomological Review of the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid.) (Moraceae) and the Origin and Early Spread of “Hedge Apple” Folklore

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