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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106018
	Did humans disturb bats? Exploring the hominin-chiropter interactions in the Sierra de Atapuerca sites (early to Middle Pleistocene; Spain)
	Galán J.; Núñez-Lahuerta C.; López-García J.M.; Cuenca-Bescós G.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	226
英文摘要	Fossil bats are common components of Pleistocene palaeontological cave-sites, sometimes appearing in levels with evidence of a human presence. As with other small vertebrates, variations observed in fossil bat palaeocommunities through a stratigraphic sequence may be correlated to palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental fluctuations. As many bat species are typically cave-dwelling animals, however, the bat palaeocommunity may also be affected by hominin presence. The correlation between bat palaeocommunity dynamics and both climatic and anthropic factors is addressed in the present study by analysing their record along the Early and Middle Pleistocene sequence in the Sierra de Atapuerca. A marked deterioration in the Sierra de Atapuerca chiropter faunas occurred from 500 ka on simultaneously with a change in the occupational pattern of the predominant bat species Myotis myotis, which apparently stopped using the shelters as nursery roosts. These changes coincides with a time of extreme cold events succession during glacial periods, but also with evidence of intensive human occupation at some of the sites analysed. Some features of bat assemblages at these levels, such as differences in species composition between synchronous levels, the inability of bat palaeocommunities to recover during intermediate warmer periods, or detected seasonal alternation between hominis and humans, suggest that anthropic disturbance could have play a significant part in the decline of Middle Pleistocene bat palaeocommunities of Atapuerca. © 2019
英文关键词	Chiroptera; Palaeoclimatic approach; Pleistocene; Small mammal palaeontology; Western Europe
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Caves; Mammals; Stratigraphy; Chiroptera; Palaeoclimatic approach; Palaeontology; Pleistocene; Western Europe; Deterioration; anthropogenic effect; bat; environmental disturbance; fossil record; nature-society relations; paleoenvironment; paleontology; Pleistocene; succession; Burgos [Castilla y Leon]; Castilla y Leon; Sierra de Atapuerca; Spain; Animalia; Chiroptera; Mammalia; Myotis myotis; Vertebrata
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/151677
作者单位	Aragosaurus-IUCA, Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C. Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza, Aragón 50009, Spain; IPHES, Universidad Rovira i Virgil, Campus Sescelades, Edificio W3, Tarragona, Cataluña 430007, Spain; Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, Tarragona, 43002, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Galán J.,Núñez-Lahuerta C.,López-García J.M.,et al. Did humans disturb bats? Exploring the hominin-chiropter interactions in the Sierra de Atapuerca sites (early to Middle Pleistocene; Spain)[J],2019,226.
APA	Galán J.,Núñez-Lahuerta C.,López-García J.M.,&Cuenca-Bescós G..(2019).Did humans disturb bats? Exploring the hominin-chiropter interactions in the Sierra de Atapuerca sites (early to Middle Pleistocene; Spain).Quaternary Science Reviews,226.
MLA	Galán J.,et al."Did humans disturb bats? Exploring the hominin-chiropter interactions in the Sierra de Atapuerca sites (early to Middle Pleistocene; Spain)".Quaternary Science Reviews 226(2019).