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Late Quaternary changes in bat palaeobiodiversity and palaeobiogeography under climatic and anthropogenic pressure: new insights from Marie-Galante, …

2016

25 pages; International audience; Data on Lesser Antillean Late Quaternary fossil bat assemblages remains limited, leading to their general exclusion from studies focusing on Caribbean bat palaeobiodiversity and palaeobiogeography. Additionally, the role of climatic versus human pressure driving changes in faunal communities remains poorly understood. Here we describe a fossil bat assemblage from Blanchard Cave on Marie-Galante in the Lesser Antilles, which produced numerous bat remains from a well-dated, stratified context. Our study reveals the occurrence of at least 12 bat species during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene on Marie-Galante, whereas only eight species are currently kn…

0106 biological sciences010506 paleontologyArcheologyPleistoceneAnthropogenic impactWest IndiesContext (language use)010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCaveGlacial periodEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsHolocene[ SDU.STU.PG ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGlobal and Planetary Changegeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryExtinctionFossil chiropteraHoloceneEcologyGeology15. Life on landLate pleistoceneBlanchard CavePalaeoenvironmental changesInterglacialBat fauna turnoverQuaternary[SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/PaleontologyGeology
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