Arctic defaunation initiated a cascade of mammal-plant interaction shifts through dispersal dynamics
Sisi Liu, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, M.‐Th. Hütt…·Ulrike Herzschuh
The paper uses ancient metagenomics to show that loss of large mammals disrupted seed dispersal, contributing to mammoth-steppe collapse and informing Arctic rewilding.