'Big Game' extinction caused by Late Pleistocene climatic change: Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) in Ireland

Pages & Document Description:
128 - 135; fig; refs
Author:
Barnosky, Anthony D
Abstract:
Assuming arrival of humans in Ireland not before 9 000 BP, hunters cannot be blamed for elk's extinction there. Evidence is adduced that climatic worsening caused reduction of the spring green-up crucial to the survival of such a large animal with its extra-large antlers.
Dataset:
BAA
Classifications:
1B
Source full ref:
Barnosky, Anthony D 1986 `'Big Game' extinction caused by Late Pleistocene climatic change: Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) in Ireland' Quat Res 25, 1986 128-35, fig, refs. []
Source description:
128-35, fig, refs.

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