Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans
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 t...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/82677bc6-3162-4085-9205-2810bbfee570 2024-05-12T08:07:03+00:00 Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans Lorenzen, Eline Nogues, David Bravo Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre Weinstock Arenovitz, Jacobo Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad Marske, Katharine Ann Ugan, Andrew Borregaard, Michael Krabbe Gilbert, M. Thomas P. Nielsen, Rasmus Ho, Simon Y. W. Goebel, Ted Graf, Kelly E. Byers, David Stenderup, Jesper Rasmussen, Morten Campos, Paula Leonard, Jennifer A. Koepfli, Klaus-Peter Froese, Duane Zazula, Grant Stafford jr., Thomas Aaris-Sørensen, Kim Batra, Persaram Haywood, Alan M. Singarayer, Joy S. Valdes, Paul J. Boeskorov, Gennady Burns, James A. Davydov, Sergey P. Haile, James Seymour 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 2011 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/speciesspecific-responses-of-late-quaternary-megafauna-to-climate-and-humans(82677bc6-3162-4085-9205-2810bbfee570).html https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10574 http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4070744?pdf=render eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Lorenzen , E , Nogues , D B , Orlando , L A A , Weinstock Arenovitz , J , Binladen , J K M A , Marske , K A , Ugan , A , Borregaard , M K , Gilbert , M T P , Nielsen , R , Ho , S Y W , Goebel , T , Graf , K E , Byers , D , Stenderup , J , Rasmussen , M , Campos , P , Leonard , J A , Koepfli , K-P , Froese , D , Zazula , G , Stafford jr. , T , Aaris-Sørensen , K , Batra , P , Haywood , A M , Singarayer , J S , Valdes , P J , Boeskorov , G , Burns , J A , Davydov , S P , Haile , J S , Jenkins , D L , Kosintsev , P , Kuznetsova , T , Lai , X , Martin , L D , McDonald , H G , Mol , D , Meldgaard , M , Munch , K , Stephan , E , Sablin , M , Sommer , R S , Sipko , T , Scott , E , Suchard , M A , Tikhonov , A , Willerslev , R , Wayne , R K , Cooper , A , Hofreiter , M , Sher , A , Shapiro , B , Rahbek , C & Willerslev , E 2011 , ' Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans ' , Nature , vol. 479 , no. 7373 , pp. 359-364 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10574 Animals Bayes Theorem Biota Bison Climate Change DNA Mitochondrial Europe Extinction Biological Fossils Genetic Variation Geography History Ancient Horses Human Activities Humans Mammals Mammoths Molecular Sequence Data Population Dynamics Reindeer Siberia Species Specificity Time Factors article 2011 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10574 2024-04-18T00:28:12Z 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 climate has been a major driver of population change over the past 50,000 years. However, each species responds differently to the effects of climatic shifts, habitat redistribution and human encroachment. Although climate change alone can explain the extinction of some species, such as Eurasian musk ox and woolly rhinoceros, a combination of climatic and anthropogenic effects appears to be responsible for the extinction of others, including Eurasian steppe bison and wild horse. We find no genetic signature or any distinctive range dynamics distinguishing extinct from surviving species, emphasizing the challenges associated with predicting future responses of extant mammals to climate and human-mediated habitat change. Article in Journal/Newspaper musk ox Siberia University of Copenhagen: Research Nature 479 7373 359 364 |
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Animals Bayes Theorem Biota Bison Climate Change DNA Mitochondrial Europe Extinction Biological Fossils Genetic Variation Geography History Ancient Horses Human Activities Humans Mammals Mammoths Molecular Sequence Data Population Dynamics Reindeer Siberia Species Specificity Time Factors Lorenzen, Eline Nogues, David Bravo Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre Weinstock Arenovitz, Jacobo Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad Marske, Katharine Ann Ugan, Andrew Borregaard, Michael Krabbe Gilbert, M. Thomas P. Nielsen, Rasmus Ho, Simon Y. W. Goebel, Ted Graf, Kelly E. Byers, David Stenderup, Jesper Rasmussen, Morten Campos, Paula Leonard, Jennifer A. Koepfli, Klaus-Peter Froese, Duane Zazula, Grant Stafford jr., Thomas Aaris-Sørensen, Kim Batra, Persaram Haywood, Alan M. Singarayer, Joy S. Valdes, Paul J. Boeskorov, Gennady Burns, James A. Davydov, Sergey P. Haile, James Seymour 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 Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans |
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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 climate has been a major driver of population change over the past 50,000 years. However, each species responds differently to the effects of climatic shifts, habitat redistribution and human encroachment. Although climate change alone can explain the extinction of some species, such as Eurasian musk ox and woolly rhinoceros, a combination of climatic and anthropogenic effects appears to be responsible for the extinction of others, including Eurasian steppe bison and wild horse. We find no genetic signature or any distinctive range dynamics distinguishing extinct from surviving species, emphasizing the challenges associated with predicting future responses of extant mammals to climate and human-mediated habitat change. |
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Lorenzen, Eline Nogues, David Bravo Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre Weinstock Arenovitz, Jacobo Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad Marske, Katharine Ann Ugan, Andrew Borregaard, Michael Krabbe Gilbert, M. Thomas P. Nielsen, Rasmus Ho, Simon Y. W. Goebel, Ted Graf, Kelly E. Byers, David Stenderup, Jesper Rasmussen, Morten Campos, Paula Leonard, Jennifer A. Koepfli, Klaus-Peter Froese, Duane Zazula, Grant Stafford jr., Thomas Aaris-Sørensen, Kim Batra, Persaram Haywood, Alan M. Singarayer, Joy S. Valdes, Paul J. Boeskorov, Gennady Burns, James A. Davydov, Sergey P. Haile, James Seymour 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 |
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Lorenzen, Eline Nogues, David Bravo Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre Weinstock Arenovitz, Jacobo Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad Marske, Katharine Ann Ugan, Andrew Borregaard, Michael Krabbe Gilbert, M. Thomas P. Nielsen, Rasmus Ho, Simon Y. W. Goebel, Ted Graf, Kelly E. Byers, David Stenderup, Jesper Rasmussen, Morten Campos, Paula Leonard, Jennifer A. Koepfli, Klaus-Peter Froese, Duane Zazula, Grant Stafford jr., Thomas Aaris-Sørensen, Kim Batra, Persaram Haywood, Alan M. Singarayer, Joy S. Valdes, Paul J. Boeskorov, Gennady Burns, James A. Davydov, Sergey P. Haile, James Seymour 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 |
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Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans |
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Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans |
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Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans |
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Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans |
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