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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.05.026
	Past and present distributions and community evolution of Muridae and Soricidae from MIS 9 to MIS 1 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast; South Africa)
	Matthews T.; Marean C.W.; Cleghorn N.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	235
英文摘要	This paper reviews past and present distributions of murid (mice and rats) and soricid (shrew) species from the Pinnacle Point fossil sites PP5-6N, PP9C, PP13B, and PP30, as well as the coastal site of Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1. The positioning of these sites on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain resulted in the micromammal communities being exposed to rapid landmass changes through sea-level regressions and transgressions, as well as climatic and environmental fluctuations during glacial-interglacial cycling. Together, Pinnacle Point and Knysna preserve a composite coastal sequence from MIS 9 to MIS 1, and provide an opportunity to assess the long term sensitivity of micromammals to environmental change. Modern distributional information for the south coast region was obtained from owl pellet and small-carnivore scat assemblages, and extended the known current distributions of six murids. A uniform suite of micromammals was pervasive throughout all the fossil sites, during both glacial and inter-glacial cycling, and the composition of the majority of fossil micromammal assemblages remained unchanged, despite fluctuations in rainfall amount, seasonality, and the proportion of C3 versus C4 vegetation. This suggests an ability to adapt to, and cope with, climatic and environmental changes with relative ease. The fact that the fossil evidence indicates that many murid taxa occupied different ranges in the past, and, in some cases, had considerably more extensive ranges, and lived in a greater variety of habitats, raises a note of caution regarding using current biogeographies to elucidate palaeoenvironmental and climatic change, and for biogeographic and species distribution modelling. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Fossil micromammal distributions; Holocene; Knysna; Micromammals; Muridae; Paleoclimatology; Pinnacle point; Pleistocene; Soricidae; Southern Africa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Glacial geology; Mammals; Sea level; Community evolution; Current distribution; Distributional information; Environmental change; Environmental fluctuations; Long-term sensitivity; Past and present; Species distribution modelling; Population distribution; biogeography; community dynamics; environmental change; evolution; fossil assemblage; fossil record; glacial-interglacial cycle; mammal; marine isotope stage; paleoclimate; paleoenvironment; rodent; sea level change; spatial distribution; transgression; Agulhas Plain; Pinnacle Point; South Africa; Western Cape; Muridae; Mus; Rattus; Soricidae; Strigiformes
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151521
作者单位	Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402, United States; African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6031, South Africa; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19599, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Matthews T.,Marean C.W.,Cleghorn N.. Past and present distributions and community evolution of Muridae and Soricidae from MIS 9 to MIS 1 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast; South Africa)[J],2020,235.
APA	Matthews T.,Marean C.W.,&Cleghorn N..(2020).Past and present distributions and community evolution of Muridae and Soricidae from MIS 9 to MIS 1 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast; South Africa).Quaternary Science Reviews,235.
MLA	Matthews T.,et al."Past and present distributions and community evolution of Muridae and Soricidae from MIS 9 to MIS 1 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast; South Africa)".Quaternary Science Reviews 235(2020).