Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from mediterranean northwestern Africa: State-of-the-art focused on recent multidisciplinary studies
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15 novembre 2019
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.510056...
- hal: hal-02380618
- doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105966
- WOS: 000495488200013
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Maghreb integrative approach Herpetofauna Micromammals -bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]Sujets proches
Biological diversity Biotic diversity Diversity, Biological Diversification, Biological Biological diversification Natural science Sciences Science of science Papers Climatic changes--Environmental aspects Global climate changes Climate change Climatic change Climate variations Climate changes Global climatic changes Changes, Climatic Climatic variations Climatic fluctuationsCiter ce document
Emmanuelle Stoetzel et al., « Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from mediterranean northwestern Africa: State-of-the-art focused on recent multidisciplinary studies », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105966
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Highlights: • This paper brings an updated state-of-the-art on Quaternary North African microvertebrate studies. • We highlight the interest of combining data from different disciplines (integrative approach). • We especially explore the role of environmental and anthropogenic changes on the microvertebrate biodiversity in Morocco.Abstract: Northwestern Africa is today characterized by high geographical, climatic and ecological diversity; it is recognized as a hotspot of biodiversity and a major area for both human and faunal evolution. Studies of North African fossil microvertebrates have increased considerably in recent years, but they no longer just provide palaeontological descriptions of the species found in the assemblages. They also aim at better understanding the evolution of faunal communities in relation to Quaternary climate changes and at reconstructing the palaeoenvironmental background of prehistoric human occupations, in well-established taphonomic and chronological contexts. These studies are also increasingly adopting an integrative approach by combining archaeology, palaeontology, (palaeo)genetics, taphonomy, palaeoecology and systematics, and using new methods such as geometric morphometrics and isotopic analyses on both fossil and modern specimens. This paper aims to present a history of the studies on Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from northwestern Africa, and show how recent multidisciplinary studies have provided new perspectives and evidence on the respective influences of climate change and increasing human pressure on their evolution.
