Gutenberg Open Science: Thresholds for the presence of glacial megafauna in central Europe during the last 60,000 years

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dc.contributor.author	Sirocko, Frank	-
dc.contributor.author	Albert, Johannes	-
dc.contributor.author	Britzius, Sarah	-
dc.contributor.author	Dreher, Frank	-
dc.contributor.author	Martínez-García, Alfredo	-
dc.contributor.author	Dosseto, Anthony	-
dc.contributor.author	Burger, Joachim	-
dc.contributor.author	Terberger, Thomas	-
dc.contributor.author	Haug, Gerald	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-12T08:13:29Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-04-12T08:13:29Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8854	-
dc.description.abstract	Lake sediment records from Holzmaar and the infilled maar of Auel (Eifel, Germany) are used to reconstruct landscape changes and megafauna abundances. Our data document a forested landscape from 60,000 to 48,000 yr b2k and a stepwise vegetation change towards a glacial desert after 26,000 yr b2k. The Eifel landscape was continuously inhabited from 48,000 to 9000 yr b2k by large mammals, documented by the presence of spores of coprophilous fungi from Sordaria and Sporormiella fungi that grow on fecal remains of the megafauna. Megafauna reached higher numbers during cold stadial climates but was present also during the warmer interstadials. Highest abundance was at 56,500/48,500/38,500/33,000/27,000/21,000/16,200/14,000 yr b2k, i.e. under different climate regimes. Some of these dates were associated with clear human presence, which indicates that megafauna was not overkilled by humans. In contrast, human presence could quite likely have been stimulated by the abundant food supply. Megafauna presence decreased significantly when tree abundance increased during interstadials. The Megafauna disappeared finally at 11,400 yr b2k with the development of the early Holocene forest cover, which appears to be the most important threshold for megafauna presence.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)\|491381577\|Open-Access-Publikationskosten 2022–2024 Universität Mainz - Universitätsmedizin	-
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	333.7 Natural resources	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	530 Physik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	530 Physics	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	560 Paläontologie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	560 Paleontology	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	630 Landwirtschaft	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	630 Agriculture	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	930 Alte Geschichte	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	930 History of ancient world	en_GB
dc.title	Thresholds for the presence of glacial megafauna in central Europe during the last 60,000 years	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8838	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 09 Chemie, Pharmazie u. Geowissensch.	de
jgu.organisation.number	7950	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Scientific reports	de
jgu.journal.volume	12	de
jgu.pages.alternative	20055	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Springer Nature	de
jgu.publisher.place	London	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2045-2322	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	333.7	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	530	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	560	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	630	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	930	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1038/s41598-022-22464-x	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Naturwissenschaften	de
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