Abstract
Predator-prey interactions have been a central theme in population ecology for the past century, but real-world data sets only exist for recent, relatively short (<100 years) time spans. This limits our ability to study centennial/millennial-scale predator-prey dynamics. We propose that regional radiocarbon databases can be used to reconstruct a signal of predator-prey population dynamics in deep time, overcoming this limitation. We support our argument with examples from Pleistocene Beringia and the Holocene Judean Desert.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e29 |
Journal | Peer Community Journal |
Volume | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Genetics