DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.005
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85056864559
论文题名: First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste
作者: Meijer H.J.M. ; Louys J. ; O'Connor S.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2019
卷: 203 起始页码: 170
结束页码: 184
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Birds
; Extinction
; Island biogeography
; Megafauna
; Quaternary
; Wallacea
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
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 Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/117435
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Meijer H.J.M.,Louys J.,O'Connor S.. First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2019-01-01,203