The key results from my PhD thesis are uploaded as a preprint on EcoEvoRxiv!!
https://doi.org/10.32942/X2R90J
“A bottom-up mammoth population model predicts moderate densities and high vulnerability to hunting”

My colleagues and I developed and used a mechanistic large-herbivore model to simulate emergent megafauna carrying capacity for the Pleistocene mammoth steppe. Our results indicate lower densities than often assumed…

#mammoth #megafauna #Pleistocene #DGVM #grazer #herbivores #IceAge #rewilding

DGVMs should be driven by source *and* sinks, claims a preprint by Friend et al.¹ Field observations have long suggested that plant growth is not so much limited by the source (photosynthesis) but rather by sinks (growth & respiration). The response to increased CO₂ is quite different.

¹ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.27.615358v1
#DGVM #CO2 #vegetation #modeling