气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste

CCPortal

DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.005
	First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste
	Meijer H.J.M.; Louys J.; O'Connor S.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0277-3791
起始页码	170
结束页码	184
卷号	203
英文摘要	Timor has yielded the earliest evidence for modern humans in Wallacea, but despite its long history of modern human occupation, there is little evidence for human-induced Late Pleistocene extinctions. Here, we report on Late Pleistocene and Holocene bird remains from Jerimalai and Matja Kuru 1, sites that have yielded extensive archaeological sequences dating back to >40 ka. Avian remains are present throughout the sequence, and quails (Phasianidae), buttonquails (Turnicidae) and pigeons (Columbidae) are the most abundant groups. Taphonomic analyses suggest that the majority of bird remains, with the exception of large-bodied pigeons, were accumulated by avian predators, likely the Barn owl Tyto sp. All species represent extant taxa that are still present on Timor today, with the exception of a crane, Grus sp., from the Late Pleistocene of Jerimalai, and a large buttonquail, Turnix sp., from Matja Kuru 1. The crane likely represents an extirpated population of cranes, which were much more widespread throughout the Indonesian archipelago during the Quaternary. The large buttonquail is present at Matja Kuru 1 alongside the extant T. maculosus until at least 1372–1300 cal BP. These two species represent the first records of avian extinctions on Timor. However, a causal relationship between the extinction of these two taxa and human impact cannot be demonstrated at this point. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Birds; Extinction; Island biogeography; Megafauna; Quaternary; Wallacea
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Cranes; Light extinction; Causal relationships; Human impact; Indonesians; Island biogeography; Late Pleistocene; Megafauna; Quaternary; Wallacea; Birds; anthropogenic effect; archipelago; avifauna; bird; extinction; historical record; Holocene; island biogeography; new record; Pleistocene; Lesser Sunda Islands; Sunda Isles; Timor; Timor-Leste; Wallacea; Aves; Columba; Columbidae; Gabaza; Gruidae; Grus sp.; Phasianidae; Turnicidae; Turnix sp.; Tyto; Tytonidae
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/152070
作者单位	University Museum of Bergen, Department of Natural History, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Human Origins Program, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States; Australian Research Center for Human Evolution, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Archaeology and Natural History, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity & Heritage, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Meijer H.J.M.,Louys J.,O'Connor S.. First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste[J],2019,203.
APA	Meijer H.J.M.,Louys J.,&O'Connor S..(2019).First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste.Quaternary Science Reviews,203.
MLA	Meijer H.J.M.,et al."First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste".Quaternary Science Reviews 203(2019).