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. / 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.
In: Nature, Vol. 479, No. 7373, 2011, p. 359-364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans
AU - Lorenzen, Eline
AU - Nogues, David Bravo
AU - Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre
AU - Weinstock Arenovitz, Jacobo
AU - Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad
AU - Marske, Katharine Ann
AU - Ugan, Andrew
AU - Borregaard, Michael Krabbe
AU - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
AU - Nielsen, Rasmus
AU - Ho, Simon Y. W.
AU - Goebel, Ted
AU - Graf, Kelly E.
AU - Byers, David
AU - Stenderup, Jesper
AU - Rasmussen, Morten
AU - Campos, Paula
AU - Leonard, Jennifer A.
AU - Koepfli, Klaus-Peter
AU - Froese, Duane
AU - Zazula, Grant
AU - Stafford jr., Thomas
AU - Aaris-Sørensen, Kim
AU - Batra, Persaram
AU - Haywood, Alan M.
AU - Singarayer, Joy S.
AU - Valdes, Paul J.
AU - Boeskorov, Gennady
AU - Burns, James A.
AU - Davydov, Sergey P.
AU - Haile, James Seymour
AU - Jenkins, Dennis L.
AU - Kosintsev, Pavel
AU - Kuznetsova, Tatyana
AU - Lai, Xulong
AU - Martin, Larry D.
AU - McDonald, H. Gregory
AU - Mol, Dick
AU - Meldgaard, Morten
AU - Munch, Kasper
AU - Stephan, Elisabeth
AU - Sablin, Mikhail
AU - Sommer, Robert S.
AU - Sipko, Taras
AU - Scott, Eric
AU - Suchard, Marc A.
AU - Tikhonov, Alexei
AU - Willerslev, Rane
AU - Wayne, Robert K.
AU - Cooper, Alan
AU - Hofreiter, Michael
AU - Sher, Andrei
AU - Shapiro, Beth
AU - Rahbek, Carsten
AU - Willerslev, Eske
N1 - © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Animals
KW - Bayes Theorem
KW - Biota
KW - Bison
KW - Climate Change
KW - DNA, Mitochondrial
KW - Europe
KW - Extinction, Biological
KW - Fossils
KW - Genetic Variation
KW - Geography
KW - History, Ancient
KW - Horses
KW - Human Activities
KW - Humans
KW - Mammals
KW - Mammoths
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - Population Dynamics
KW - Reindeer
KW - Siberia
KW - Species Specificity
KW - Time Factors
U2 - 10.1038/nature10574
DO - 10.1038/nature10574
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22048313
VL - 479
SP - 359
EP - 364
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7373
ER -
ID: 37801211