Mammalian ecosystem dynamics in the Carpathian Basin during the last 27,000 years

Pazonyi, Piroska

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.06.008

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“…The composition of fauna indicates warmer and wetter climate with more closed (forest-steppe) vegetation, but the area of tundra vegetation was probably significant (Pazonyi, 2004(Pazonyi, , 2011. These observations are in agreement with the paleoecological results of the current studies of the Sütt 16 fauna.…”

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“…Based on former investigations (Pazonyi, 2004(Pazonyi, , 2006(Pazonyi, , 2011, in the Oldest Dryas the composition and the paleoecological features of the mammalian fauna also changed in the Carpathian Basin. The composition of fauna indicates warmer and wetter climate with more closed (forest-steppe) vegetation, but the area of tundra vegetation was probably significant (Pazonyi, 2004(Pazonyi, , 2011.…”

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Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of the Süttő Travertine Complex (Hungary)

Pazonyi¹,

Kordos²,

Magyari³

et al. 2014

Quaternary International

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Numerous fossil remains (vertebrates, molluscs and plants) were found in more than twenty sites of the Sütt Travertine Complex during the last 150 years. The majority of these remains were recovered from fissures of the travertine, but also from the travertine and an overlying loess-paleosol sequence. The aims of this study were to review the Sedimentological and OSL data of well-dated layers of the loess-paleosol sequence (Sütt /LPS) at Sütt allowed a correlation with the layers of Sütt 6. The paleosol layer in the upper part of the sequence of Sütt 6, was correlated with a pedocomplex of the overlying loess-paleosol sequence, which was dated to MIS 5c (upper, dark soil) and MIS 5e (lower, reddish brown soil). The paleoecological analysis of the mammal and mollusc faunas supported the former interpretation of Novothny et al., inferring warm, dry climate during the sedimentation of the upper layers, and more humid climate for the lower layers). However, the fauna of the lower soil layer indicated cold climate, so an age of MIS 5d is suggested.Dating of the fissure faunas is based on similarity studies. For some faunas, this method cannot be used, because of the low number of species. On the basis of the species compositions and former interpretations, these faunas originated mainly from sediments that were deposited under cold climatic conditions. Other fissure faunas M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTwere dated by AMS 14 C (Sütt 16), or by correlation with soil layers of Sütt 6.According to these results, most of the fissure faunas can be correlated with different phases of MIS 5. However, there are a younger (MIS 2) and an older (Early-Middle Pleistocene) fissure fauna.

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Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of the Süttő Travertine Complex (Hungary)

Pazonyi¹,

Kordos²,

Magyari³

et al. 2014

Quaternary International

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“…Fossil evidence also shows that badgers were present in the Carpathians and the Balkans during the LGM (Pazonyi, 2004;Sommer and Benecke, 2004). Southeastern and eastern Europe are also the only regions where all four main 'Eastern' haplotypes (meles1-3 and mm20) are found, suggesting that expansion started outwards from here.…”

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“…Although subfossil evidence suggests that the badger was present in Iberia, Italy, the Carpathians and the Balkans during the LGM (Pazonyi, 2004;Sommer and Benecke, 2004), Marmi et al (2006) inferred the presence of only one European mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) clade. However, despite the absence of samples from southeastern Europe, the haplotype network led these authors to suggest recolonisation of the continent from multiple refugia.…”

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Revisiting the phylogeography and demography of European badgers (Meles meles) based on broad sampling, multiple markers and simulations

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Although the phylogeography of European mammals has been extensively investigated since the 1990s, many studies were limited in terms of sampling distribution, the number of molecular markers used and the analytical techniques employed, frequently leading to incomplete postglacial recolonisation scenarios. The broad-scale genetic structure of the European badger (Meles meles) is of interest as it may result from historic restriction to glacial refugia and/or recent anthropogenic impact. However, previous studies were based mostly on samples from western Europe, making it difficult to draw robust conclusions about the location of refugia, patterns of postglacial expansion and recent demography. In the present study, continent-wide sampling and analyses with multiple markers provided evidence for two glacial refugia (Iberia and southeast Europe) that contributed to the genetic variation observed in badgers in Europe today. Approximate Bayesian computation provided support for a colonisation of Scandinavia from both Iberian and southeastern refugia. In the whole of Europe, we observed a decline in genetic diversity with increasing latitude, suggesting that the reduced diversity in the peripheral populations resulted from a postglacial expansion processes. Although MSVAR v.1.3 also provided evidence for recent genetic bottlenecks in some of these peripheral populations, the simulations performed to estimate the method's power to correctly infer the past demography of our empirical populations suggested that the timing and severity of bottlenecks could not be established with certainty. We urge caution against trying to relate demographic declines inferred using MSVAR with particular historic or climatological events.

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“…This vertebrate biostratigraphical theory remained until now, in spite of the fact that time-transgression processes that affect biostratigraphical results, and the significance and limits of local environment and local biostratigraphic units were revealed several decades ago [7]. Only a few radiocarbon measurements were carried out in recent years, mainly on vertebrate remains from loess layers of archaeological sites [47]. A series of radiocarbon measurements was also conducted on Late Quaternary vertebrate sites [48].…”

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A radiocarbon-dated cave sequence and thePleistocene/Holocene transition in Hungary

Sümegi

Náfrádi

2015

Open Geosciences

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Abstract:The Petény Cave located on the Hungarian Highlands yielded one of the most well-documented vertebrate fauna of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene in Hungary. In addition to the vertebrate remains, considerable numbers of mollusc shells and charcoals were retrieved from the profile of the rock shelter. Furthermore, a pollen sequence close to the cave was also evaluated in order to reconstruct the flora of the region. A new radiocarbon analysis of samples from the Petény Cave was used to correlate data of different methods and to correct the earlier outcomes. The cave sequence exposes layers from 15.180 cal BP to 483 cal BP. Nevertheless, based on our new radiocarbon data, the sequence is incomplete and layers corresponding to the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are missing from the profile. The results of our radiocarbon analysis clearly support considerable amounts of thermo-mesophylous gastropod species appearing as early as 15.180 cal BP. The appearance of deciduous woodlands in the Carpathian Basin along with the concomitant mollusc elements is much earlier than previously assumed, supporting the presence of temperate woodland refugia in the study area.

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Mammalian ecosystem dynamics in the Carpathian Basin during the last 27,000 years

Cited by 25 publications

References 5 publications

Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of the Süttő Travertine Complex (Hungary)

Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of the Süttő Travertine Complex (Hungary)

Revisiting the phylogeography and demography of European badgers (Meles meles) based on broad sampling, multiple markers and simulations

A radiocarbon-dated cave sequence and thePleistocene/Holocene transition in Hungary

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