Article
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans.
Nature - 2 Nov 2011
Lorenzen Eline D, Nogués-Bravo David, Orlando Ludovic, Weinstock Jaco, Binladen Jonas, Marske Katharine A, Ugan Andrew, Borregaard Michael K, Gilbert M Thomas P, Nielsen Rasmus, Ho Simon Y W, Goebel Ted, Graf Kelly E, Byers David, Stenderup Jesper T, Rasmussen Morten, Campos Paula F, Leonard Jennifer A, Koepfli Klaus-Peter, Froese Duane, Zazula Grant, Stafford Thomas W, Aaris-Sørensen Kim, Batra Persaram, Haywood Alan M, Singarayer Joy S, Valdes Paul J, Boeskorov Gennady, Burns James A, Davydov Sergey P, Haile James, Jenkins Dennis L, Kosintsev Pavel, Kuznetsova Tatyana, Lai Xulong, Martin Larry D, McDonald H Gregory, Mol Dick, Meldgaard Morten, Munch Kasper, Stephan Elisabeth, Sablin Mikhail, Sommer Robert S, Sipko Taras, Scott Eric, Suchard Marc A, Tikhonov Alexei, Willerslev Rane, Wayne Robert K, Cooper Alan, Hofreiter Michael, Sher Andrei, Shapiro Beth, Rahbek Carsten, Willerslev Eske
Abstract excerpt
Despite decades of research, the roles of climate and humans in driving the dramatic extinctions of large-bodied mammals during the Late Quaternary period remain contentious. Here we use ancient DNA, species distribution models and the human fossil record to elucidate how climate and humans shaped the demographic history of woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, wild horse, reindeer, bison and musk ox. We show that...
Topics
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Biota
- Bison
- Climate Change