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DOI | 10.1111/jbi.13078 |
Does the jack of all trades fare best? Survival and niche width in Late Pleistocene megafauna | |
Di Febbraro, Mirko1; Carotenuto, Francesco2; Castiglione, Silvia2; Russo, Danilo3; Loy, Anna1; Maiorano, Luigi4; Raia, Pasquale2 | |
通讯作者 | Raia, Pasquale |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
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ISSN | 0305-0270 |
EISSN | 1365-2699 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 44期号:12页码:2828-2838 |
英文摘要 | AimWe sought to assess different megafaunal species responses to the intense climatic changes that characterized the end of the Quaternary. LocationEurasia. MethodsWe used species distribution modelling, niche overlap tests and co-occurrence analysis to model climatic niche evolution and change in six different megafauna species, including three extinct (woolly mammoth, woolly rhino and steppe bison) and three extant (red deer, wolf and reindeer) species. ResultsCo-occurrence analysis indicates mammoth, rhino, reindeer and steppe bison to be significantly associated to each other in the fossil record in cold, arid environments. In contrast, red deer and wolf show no evidence for strong habitat requirements, although they both tended to be associated with more humid conditions than the other megafauna. Woolly mammoth and the woolly rhino were the best adapted to the cold, arid conditions dominating the Eurasian landscapes during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Extant species did not exhibit larger climatic niches than extinct species, but changed more from one period to the next than those of extinct species. Main conclusionsAlthough they did not have wider climatic niches, and were the least adapted to cold climates, red deer and the wolf were able to withstand the harsh climatic conditions of the LGM. Conversely, the now extinct mammoth and woolly rhino did not survive the demise of the LGM environment. Although cold-adapted, reindeer survived the LGM by occupying a northerly distribution similar to today. Independent evidence indicates the steppe bison lineage might have survived in North America. Our data are consistent with a strong climatic control on the fate of late Quaternary megafauna species in Eurasia. We were unable to exclude a sizeable effect of human intervention by overhunting. |
英文关键词 | climate change co-occurrence analysis global circulation models megafauna extinction niche shift quaternary mammals species distribution models |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Italy |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000416164500014 |
WOS关键词 | MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA ; EXTINCTION ; MAMMOTHS ; EVOLUTION ; OVERKILL ; FOSSILS ; MODELS ; INFER ; RISK |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Geography, Physical |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/200231 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Molise, Dipartimento Biosci & Terr DiBT, Pesche, Isernia, Italy; 2.Univ Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Terra Ambiente & Risorse DiSTAR, Naples, Italy; 3.Univ Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento Agr, Sez Biol & Protez Sistemi Agr & Forestali, Wildlife Res Unit,Lab Ecol Appl, Naples, Italy; 4.Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Biol & Biotecnol Charles Darwin, Rome, Italy |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Di Febbraro, Mirko,Carotenuto, Francesco,Castiglione, Silvia,et al. Does the jack of all trades fare best? Survival and niche width in Late Pleistocene megafauna[J],2017,44(12):2828-2838. |
APA | Di Febbraro, Mirko.,Carotenuto, Francesco.,Castiglione, Silvia.,Russo, Danilo.,Loy, Anna.,...&Raia, Pasquale.(2017).Does the jack of all trades fare best? Survival and niche width in Late Pleistocene megafauna.JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY,44(12),2828-2838. |
MLA | Di Febbraro, Mirko,et al."Does the jack of all trades fare best? Survival and niche width in Late Pleistocene megafauna".JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 44.12(2017):2828-2838. |
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