Impact of climatic changes in the Late Pleistocene on migrations and extinctions of mammals in Europe: four case studies
Journal: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Year: 2016

Climate changes that occurred during the Late Pleistocene have profound effects on the distribution of many plant and animal species and influenced the formation of contemporary faunas and floras of Europe. The course and mechanisms of responses of species to the past climate changes are now being intensively studied by the use of direct radiocarbon dating and genetic analyses of fossil remains. Here, we review the advances in understanding these processes by the example of four mammal species: