Climate variability during the Last Glacial Maximum in eastern Australia: evidence of two stadials?

Petherick, Lynda; McGowan, Hamish A.; Moss, Patrick

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“…It is indicated by Petherick et al (2008) that the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in eastern Australia had two distinct cold and dry events (~ 30.8 k. cal. yr BP and 21.7 k cal.…”

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Modelling the potential range of the koala at the Last Glacial Maximum: future conservation implications

Adams‐Hosking¹,

Moss²,

Rhodes³

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Australian Zoologist

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The koala Phascolarctos cinereus is the only member of the once diverse marsupial family Phascolarctidae to have survived the Last Glacial Maximum. A climate envelope model for P. cinereus was developed to predict the range for this species at present and at the Last Glacial Maximum. The model was compared to the contemporary koala records and the known fossil records of P. cinereus during the Quaternary. The predicted current core range for koalas was concentrated in southeast Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria. At the Last Glacial Maximum their predicted core range contracted significantly to southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Our findings concord with other studies that find species experienced range contractions during glacial maxima. In the context of the future conservation planning for koalas in the wild, our historical perspective demonstrates the past adaptations of koalas to changes in climate and their probable range contraction to climatic refugia. The future survival of wide-ranging specialist species, such as the koala, may depend on identifying and protecting, future climatic refugia.Key words: Climate envelope, climatic refugia, core range, koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, Last Glacial Maximum. 984Adams-Hosking et al. Australian Zoologist volume 35 (4) 2011The role of humans as well as climate in determining the biogeography, evolution and extinction of faunas is an area of ongoing research, in particular the investigation of fauna-rich fossil caves to ascertain faunal responses to climate change during the Pleistocene (e.g. Hocknull 2007;Prideaux et al. 2007). These authors have revealed significant population fluctuations driven by glacialinterglacial cycling, but stable species composition for 500 thousand years, with the exception of the megafauna that went extinct around 70 -50 thousand years ago (Long et al. 2002). Research suggests that climate change alone was unlikely to have been the principal cause of the extinction of the megafauna and although Aboriginal hunting may have been a factor in determining the distribution and abundance of P. cinereus, there is no doubt that populations have been significantly affected by the European occupiers of Australia for the fur trade in more recent times (e.g. The modern koala's primary food source is a regionallyvariable selection of, primarily, Eucalyptus and Corymbia tree species (e.g. Moore and Foley 2000; Ellis et al. 2002). Koala populations are currently under threat from the synergistic threats of habitat loss, disease, car collisions and dog predation in coastal regions of Queensland and New South Wales (Jackson et al. 1999; Dique et al. 2003;McAlpine et al. 2006;Rhodes et al. 2008;Lunney et al. 2009). For example, the abundance of koalas on the Koala Coast of southeast Queensland is estimated to have declined by 64% in a ten year period (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008) (State of Queensland 2009). In western semi-arid and arid regions, koalas have been shown to exp...

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“…It is indicated by Petherick et al (2008) that the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in eastern Australia had two distinct cold and dry events (~ 30.8 k. cal. yr BP and 21.7 k cal.…”

Section: Predictions: Lgm Range Of P Cinereusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling the potential range of the koala at the Last Glacial Maximum: future conservation implications

Adams‐Hosking¹,

Moss²,

Rhodes³

et al. 2011

Australian Zoologist

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“…The time period covered is deeper than in earlier studies derived from this core (e.g. McGowan et al 2008;Petherick et al 2008aPetherick et al , 2008bPetherick et al 2009;Petherick et al 2011), and while there is some overlap there is little direct correlation between the pollen zones and sediment analyses due to the use of differing levels of resolution. Generally speaking, sclerophyll arboreal taxa, particularly …”

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“…Atahan et al 2015;Donders et al 2006;Donders et al 2007;Gontz et al 2014;Hembrow et al 2014;Krull et al 2004;Longmore 1997;Longmore and Heijnis 1999;Moss et al 2015;Woltering et al 2014) and North Stradbroke Island (e.g. Barr et al 2013;Boyd 1993;McGowan et al 2008;Mettam et al 2011;Moss et al 2011;Moss et al 2013;Petherick et al 2008aPetherick et al , 2008bPetherick et al , 2011. Both Fraser and North Stradbroke are large sand islands with complex underlying geomorphology (Tejan-Kella et al 1990;Ward 1977Ward , 2006; in addition, Fraser Island shares similar parent materials and dune systems with the Cooloola sandmass on the mainland coastline immediately to the south, as well as similar soil and floristic profiles (Longmore 1997:207-209;Tejan-Kella et al 1990).…”

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“…Initially centred on Native Companion Lagoon in the southwest of the Island (McGowan et al 2008;Petherick et al 2008aPetherick et al , 2008bPetherick et al , 2009Petherick et al , 2011, the more recent deep-time studies also include data from Tortoise Lagoon close to the east coast, and Welsby Lagoon in the northwest Figure 3-7). In 2011 Moss et al also reported on the palaeoecology of Myora Springs over the past 800 years.…”

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“…The sources of the far-travelled sediments noted in the Native Companion Lagoon cores were identified by Petherick et al (2008aPetherick et al ( , 2008b and Petherick et al (2009) using trace element analysis and comparative samples from 149 locations. Four pathway models were developed (Petherick et al 2009:75-77), however only the two covering the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and the Holocene are presented here (Table 3-8).…”

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Archaeological expressions of Holocene cultural and environmental change in coastal Southeast Queensland

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This thesis is concerned with the relationship between Holocene environmental changes and human behaviour in coastal southeast Queensland. The study region covers an area stretching from Fraser Island in the north to the border of northern New South Wales in the south, and possesses the best documented and intensively scrutinised coastal archaeological record in Australia. The archaeology of the area was a major focus from the late 1970s when the Moreton Regional Archaeological Project, a long-term multi-stage regional project, was established to coordinate archaeological investigations in southeast Queensland. The Cooloola Region Archaeological Project was established in the mid-1980s to explore the archaeology north of the Noosa River. These initial studies provided the basis for a regional chronology, as well as models of settlement and subsistence based on the exploitation of the area's rich marine resources.In the time since the original work was conducted the research foci for coastal archaeology, both in Australia and internationally, have moved toward more complex issues such as assessing the impact of humans on marine ecosystems, the identification of patterns in resource exploitation strategies, and the use of molluscs as proxy evidence in local and regional environmental reconstructions.Additionally, regionally-specific models of Holocene environmental change have been developed, in line with greater emphasis being placed on the ecology and biology of the constituent species in middens in addressing questions of spatial and chronological variations in site patterning.In view of these developments, midden deposits from five sites from differing locations in southeast Queensland were re-analysed, and a literature review of two further sites was also undertaken, with the aim of assessing human behavioural variability during the mid to late Holocene through the Publications during candidature No publications Publications included in this thesis No publications included. vi Contributions by others to the thesisNo contributions by others. Statement of parts of the thesis submitted to qualify for the award of another degreeNone.vii Acknowledgements Researching and writing a PhD thesis is never a straightforward endeavour, although it seems to be a good idea at the time. The project has taken a long time to come to fruition, delayed by a combination of protracted and ultimately fruitless negotiations with stakeholders, illness, and bereavement. There are many people to thank for helping me to eventually get over the line. Chris was an undergraduate student in one of the University of Queensland Field Archaeology viii classes on Bribie Island in the early 1990s. Even then his knowledge of lithics was scary. Chris kindly stepped in as my principal advisor when Pat moved to Sydney. I must confess some disappointment that the artefact assemblages in my study were not more exciting for him but, as he does most things, he has calmly taken it in his stride.

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Climate variability during the Last Glacial Maximum in eastern Australia: evidence of two stadials?

Cited by 76 publications

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Modelling the potential range of the koala at the Last Glacial Maximum: future conservation implications

Modelling the potential range of the koala at the Last Glacial Maximum: future conservation implications

Archaeological expressions of Holocene cultural and environmental change in coastal Southeast Queensland

Advances in palaeo sea ice estimation

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