S. Monsarrat

This study estimates European megafauna diversity and functional declines from the Last Interglacial to the present, finding severe defaunation driven by human impact rather than climate change.

The paper analyzes genome data to show that Homo sapiens, not climate, caused population declines in megafauna over the last 100,000 years.

This paper shows that using recent baselines for megafauna restoration unfairly burdens Global South countries, proposing the Megafauna Index to assess restoration responsibility across different temporal benchmarks.

The paper introduces the concept of Anthropocene refugia to identify areas protected from human activities that can support biodiversity, using historical and predictive modeling approaches.

The paper shows that ignoring long-term biodiversity records can lead to an underestimation of species niche and habitat suitability, particularly for carnivores, affecting conservation management.