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Small-mammal diversity in Spain during the late Pleistocene to early Holocene: Climate, landscape, and human impact

2012; Geological Society of America; Volume: 41; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/g33744.1

1943-2682

Juan Manuel López‐García, Hugues‐Alexandre Blain, Juan Ignacio Morales, Carlos Lorenzo, Sandra Bañuls‐Cardona, Gloria Cuenca‐Bescós,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Research Article| February 01, 2013 Small-mammal diversity in Spain during the late Pleistocene to early Holocene: Climate, landscape, and human impact Juan Manuel López-García; Juan Manuel López-García * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hugues-Alexandre Blain; Hugues-Alexandre Blain * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Juan Ignacio Morales; Juan Ignacio Morales * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Carlos Lorenzo; Carlos Lorenzo * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Sandra Bañuls-Cardona; Sandra Bañuls-Cardona * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Gloria Cuenca-Bescós Gloria Cuenca-Bescós * 3Área de Paleontología, Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Juan Manuel López-García * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain Hugues-Alexandre Blain * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain Juan Ignacio Morales * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain Carlos Lorenzo * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain Sandra Bañuls-Cardona * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), C/Escorxador s/n, E- 43003 Tarragona, Spain2Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain Gloria Cuenca-Bescós * 3Área de Paleontología, Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain *E-mails: jmlopez@iphes.cat; hablain@iphes.cat; jignacio.morales@gmail.com; carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat; sanbac82@hotmail.com; cuencag@unizar.es. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 13 Jun 2012 Revision Received: 06 Sep 2012 Accepted: 11 Sep 2012 First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 © 2013 Geological Society of America Geology (2013) 41 (2): 267–270. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33744.1 Article history Received: 13 Jun 2012 Revision Received: 06 Sep 2012 Accepted: 11 Sep 2012 First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Juan Manuel López-García, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Juan Ignacio Morales, Carlos Lorenzo, Sandra Bañuls-Cardona, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós; Small-mammal diversity in Spain during the late Pleistocene to early Holocene: Climate, landscape, and human impact. Geology 2013;; 41 (2): 267–270. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G33744.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract We investigate changes in small-mammal richness and diversity in southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula) during the late Pleistocene–Holocene transition in order to evaluate whether they follow a climatic pattern or are predominantly determined by human impact, especially after the emergence of agriculture in the Neolithic period. We selected 6 late Pleistocene and Holocene sites that correspond to 18 different layers dated to between ca. 22 and 3 kyr B.P. Using indices of species richness and evenness diversity, we show that climate played an important role at some sites during the late Pleistocene and at the beginning of the Holocene, in that the richness and diversity of small mammals were closely related to the mean annual temperatures and landscape changes, and varied according to the different climatic fluctuations detected (Heinrich Event 1, Bølling-Allerød, and Preboreal-Boreal). However, at the beginning of the mid-Holocene, the small-mammal richness and diversity no longer seem to follow any kind of climatic pattern, and the observed changes in some studied sites are more closely related to human activities. By contrast with similar studies carried out in other parts of the world, the changes in diversity in the Iberian Peninsula do not seem to follow a constant pattern during the late Pleistocene and beginning of the Holocene. Some of the changes detected appear to be related to climate (late Pleistocene), and others appear to be related to human influence (Holocene) on the landscape. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.