Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation

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Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation. / Metcalf, Jessica L.; Turney, Chris; Barnett, Ross; Martin, Fabiana; Bray, Sarah C.; Mouatt, Julia Thidamarth Vilstrup; Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Loponte, Daniel; Medina, Matías; De Nigris, Mariana; Civalero, Teresa; Fernández, Pablo Marcelo; Gasco, Alejandra; Duran, Victor; Seymour, Kevin L.; Otaola, Clara; Gil, Adolfo; Paunero, Rafael; Prevosti, Francisco J.; Bradshaw, Corey J. A.; Wheeler, Jane C.; Borrero, Luis; Austin, Jeremy J.; Cooper, Alan.

I: Science Advances, Bind 2, Nr. 6, 06.2016, s. e1501682.

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Metcalf, JL, Turney, C, Barnett, R, Martin, F, Bray, SC, Mouatt, JTV, Orlando, LAA, Salas-Gismondi, R, Loponte, D, Medina, M, De Nigris, M, Civalero, T, Fernández, PM, Gasco, A, Duran, V, Seymour, KL, Otaola, C, Gil, A, Paunero, R, Prevosti, FJ, Bradshaw, CJA, Wheeler, JC, Borrero, L, Austin, JJ & Cooper, A 2016, 'Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation', Science Advances, bind 2, nr. 6, s. e1501682. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501682

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Metcalf, J. L., Turney, C., Barnett, R., Martin, F., Bray, S. C., Mouatt, J. T. V., Orlando, L. A. A., Salas-Gismondi, R., Loponte, D., Medina, M., De Nigris, M., Civalero, T., Fernández, P. M., Gasco, A., Duran, V., Seymour, K. L., Otaola, C., Gil, A., Paunero, R., ... Cooper, A. (2016). Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation. Science Advances, 2(6), e1501682. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501682

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Metcalf JL, Turney C, Barnett R, Martin F, Bray SC, Mouatt JTV o.a. Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation. Science Advances. 2016 jun.;2(6):e1501682. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501682

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Metcalf, Jessica L. ; Turney, Chris ; Barnett, Ross ; Martin, Fabiana ; Bray, Sarah C. ; Mouatt, Julia Thidamarth Vilstrup ; Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre ; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo ; Loponte, Daniel ; Medina, Matías ; De Nigris, Mariana ; Civalero, Teresa ; Fernández, Pablo Marcelo ; Gasco, Alejandra ; Duran, Victor ; Seymour, Kevin L. ; Otaola, Clara ; Gil, Adolfo ; Paunero, Rafael ; Prevosti, Francisco J. ; Bradshaw, Corey J. A. ; Wheeler, Jane C. ; Borrero, Luis ; Austin, Jeremy J. ; Cooper, Alan. / Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation. I: Science Advances. 2016 ; Bind 2, Nr. 6. s. e1501682.

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abstract = "The causes of Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions (60,000 to 11,650 years ago, hereafter 60 to 11.65 ka) remain contentious, with major phases coinciding with both human arrival and climate change around the world. The Americas provide a unique opportunity to disentangle these factors as human colonization took place over a narrow time frame (~15 to 14.6 ka) but during contrasting temperature trends across each continent. Unfortunately, limited data sets in South America have so far precluded detailed comparison. We analyze genetic and radiocarbon data from 89 and 71 Patagonian megafaunal bones, respectively, more than doubling the high-quality Pleistocene megafaunal radiocarbon data sets from the region. We identify a narrow megafaunal extinction phase 12,280 ± 110 years ago, some 1 to 3 thousand years after initial human presence in the area. Although humans arrived immediately prior to a cold phase, the Antarctic Cold Reversal stadial, megafaunal extinctions did not occur until the stadial finished and the subsequent warming phase commenced some 1 to 3 thousand years later. The increased resolution provided by the Patagonian material reveals that the sequence of climate and extinction events in North and South America were temporally inverted, but in both cases, megafaunal extinctions did not occur until human presence and climate warming coincided. Overall, metapopulation processes involving subpopulation connectivity on a continental scale appear to have been critical for megafaunal species survival of both climate change and human impacts.",
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T1 - Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation

AU - Metcalf, Jessica L.

AU - Turney, Chris

AU - Barnett, Ross

AU - Martin, Fabiana

AU - Bray, Sarah C.

AU - Mouatt, Julia Thidamarth Vilstrup

AU - Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre

AU - Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo

AU - Loponte, Daniel

AU - Medina, Matías

AU - De Nigris, Mariana

AU - Civalero, Teresa

AU - Fernández, Pablo Marcelo

AU - Gasco, Alejandra

AU - Duran, Victor

AU - Seymour, Kevin L.

AU - Otaola, Clara

AU - Gil, Adolfo

AU - Paunero, Rafael

AU - Prevosti, Francisco J.

AU - Bradshaw, Corey J. A.

AU - Wheeler, Jane C.

AU - Borrero, Luis

AU - Austin, Jeremy J.

AU - Cooper, Alan

PY - 2016/6

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N2 - The causes of Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions (60,000 to 11,650 years ago, hereafter 60 to 11.65 ka) remain contentious, with major phases coinciding with both human arrival and climate change around the world. The Americas provide a unique opportunity to disentangle these factors as human colonization took place over a narrow time frame (~15 to 14.6 ka) but during contrasting temperature trends across each continent. Unfortunately, limited data sets in South America have so far precluded detailed comparison. We analyze genetic and radiocarbon data from 89 and 71 Patagonian megafaunal bones, respectively, more than doubling the high-quality Pleistocene megafaunal radiocarbon data sets from the region. We identify a narrow megafaunal extinction phase 12,280 ± 110 years ago, some 1 to 3 thousand years after initial human presence in the area. Although humans arrived immediately prior to a cold phase, the Antarctic Cold Reversal stadial, megafaunal extinctions did not occur until the stadial finished and the subsequent warming phase commenced some 1 to 3 thousand years later. The increased resolution provided by the Patagonian material reveals that the sequence of climate and extinction events in North and South America were temporally inverted, but in both cases, megafaunal extinctions did not occur until human presence and climate warming coincided. Overall, metapopulation processes involving subpopulation connectivity on a continental scale appear to have been critical for megafaunal species survival of both climate change and human impacts.

AB - The causes of Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions (60,000 to 11,650 years ago, hereafter 60 to 11.65 ka) remain contentious, with major phases coinciding with both human arrival and climate change around the world. The Americas provide a unique opportunity to disentangle these factors as human colonization took place over a narrow time frame (~15 to 14.6 ka) but during contrasting temperature trends across each continent. Unfortunately, limited data sets in South America have so far precluded detailed comparison. We analyze genetic and radiocarbon data from 89 and 71 Patagonian megafaunal bones, respectively, more than doubling the high-quality Pleistocene megafaunal radiocarbon data sets from the region. We identify a narrow megafaunal extinction phase 12,280 ± 110 years ago, some 1 to 3 thousand years after initial human presence in the area. Although humans arrived immediately prior to a cold phase, the Antarctic Cold Reversal stadial, megafaunal extinctions did not occur until the stadial finished and the subsequent warming phase commenced some 1 to 3 thousand years later. The increased resolution provided by the Patagonian material reveals that the sequence of climate and extinction events in North and South America were temporally inverted, but in both cases, megafaunal extinctions did not occur until human presence and climate warming coincided. Overall, metapopulation processes involving subpopulation connectivity on a continental scale appear to have been critical for megafaunal species survival of both climate change and human impacts.

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