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. 2012 Sep 11;109(37):E2409-10; author reply E2411.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206920109. Epub 2012 Aug 6.

Human arrival scenarios have a strong influence on interpretations of the late Quaternary extinctions

Matheus S Lima-Ribeiro, David Nogués-Bravo, Katharine A Marske, Fernando A S Fernandez, Bernardo Araujo, José Alexandre F Diniz-Filho
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Human arrival scenarios have a strong influence on interpretations of the late Quaternary extinctions

Matheus S Lima-Ribeiro et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Two-way interactions between potential extinction drivers and human arrival scenarios from each landmass. The symbols indicate the R2 mean and their confidence interval (●, climate alone; □, humans alone; ▲, shared deviation). P values were obtained from randomization test with 999 permutations.
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