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DOI	10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104700
	Multiproxy analysis on Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) dung from Little Rann of Western India and its implications for the palaeoecology and archaeology of arid regions
	Pokharia, Anil K.; Basumatary, Sadhan K.; Thakur, Biswajeet; Tripathi, Swati; McDonald, H. Gregory; Tripathi, Deepika; Tiwari, Pooja; Van Asperen, Eline; Spate, Michael; Chauhan, Gaurav; Thakkar, Mahesh G.; Srivastava, Alka; Agarwal, Shailesh
通讯作者	Pokharia, AK ; Basumatary, SK
来源期刊	REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
ISSN	0034-6667
EISSN	1879-0615
出版年	2022
卷号	304
英文摘要	The dung of the Indian wild ass was analyzed using biotic and abiotic proxies to determine its dietary habits in relation to the plant diversity and ecology in the arid region of western India. The presence of both micro and macrobotanical remains of Poaceae, Chenopodiaceae, and Fabaceae indicates they are the primary food plants of the wild ass. The continuous recovery of arboreal pollen taxa chiefly, Prosopis, Acacia, and Ephedra is indicative of dry thorny forest under semi-arid to arid conditions which display the existing vegetation and climate in the region. The recovery of marshy pollen taxa like Cyperaceae and Onagraceae along with Arcella indicates utilization of water-logged environments in the habitat. Spores of coprophilous fungi, Sporormiella, Sordaria, and Podospora are also present in the dung samples. The low value of stellate trichomes in winter dung samples reflects the seasonal migration of wild ass. Average delta C-13 values ranging between -15.8 parts per thousand and-26.3 parts per thousand are indicative of a mixed diet of both C-3 and C-4 plants. The generated multiproxy data from dung samples can provide a reliable counterpart to modern data for the interpretation of the palaeoecology in relation to the palaeoherbivory and palaeodietary analysis in the region. This study also provides a basis to distinguish between wild and domesticated herbivores by analyzing coprolites and cultural sediments in archaeological sites. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Indian wild ass Pollen Dung midden Arid region Archaeology Western India
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000827616700003
WOS关键词	PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ; MAINLAND GUJARAT ; HARAPPAN SITE ; LATE HOLOCENE ; VEGETATION ; POLLEN ; COPROLITES ; DEPOSITS ; REMAINS ; ENVIRONMENTS
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/394275
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pokharia, Anil K.,Basumatary, Sadhan K.,Thakur, Biswajeet,et al. Multiproxy analysis on Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) dung from Little Rann of Western India and its implications for the palaeoecology and archaeology of arid regions[J],2022,304.
APA	Pokharia, Anil K..,Basumatary, Sadhan K..,Thakur, Biswajeet.,Tripathi, Swati.,McDonald, H. Gregory.,...&Agarwal, Shailesh.(2022).Multiproxy analysis on Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) dung from Little Rann of Western India and its implications for the palaeoecology and archaeology of arid regions.REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,304.
MLA	Pokharia, Anil K.,et al."Multiproxy analysis on Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) dung from Little Rann of Western India and its implications for the palaeoecology and archaeology of arid regions".REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 304(2022).