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A Multidisciplinary Approach/InterestMEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION The explanation for the disproportionate extinction of megafauna, globally, in the late Pleistocene/early Holocene is still being investigated. This is an issue of disproving possible solutions rather than definitively proving possible solutions. Contact me for more details.BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONThe global collapse of animal populations is leading to genetic bottlenecking and the inability to adapt at all hierarchical levels. Conservation efforts need to incorporate metapopulation studies of impacted species more regularly.URBAN ECOLOGY Cities will be built where the money and resources tell them to be built. By studying how animals adapt or fold to urban encroachment, we can design cities to have as little impact as possible on natural environments.The 'Urban Ecosystem' is replacing many small communities within unique environments, often homogenizing the present fauna. With cities that are customized for the environment they will overtake, some of the present biodiversity could be saved.Bulk tissue Stable Isotope Analysis as well as Compound Specific Isotope Analysis provide insight into the behavioral, migrational, and physiological adaptations (or lack there of) of the successful and less successful animals as a result of anthropogenic land-use changes.