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Editorial preface to the special issue: palaeoecology and taphonomy of small mammals: implications for quaternary human occupations and environmental reconstruction

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dc.contributor.authorRey-Rodríguez, Iván
dc.contributor.authorLuzi, Elisa
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Sara
dc.contributor.authorBlanco-Lapaz, Angel
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-10T11:16:34Z
dc.date.available2025-03-10T11:16:34Z
dc.date.issued2025-04
dc.description.abstractThis Virtual Special Issue (VSI) presents research on the taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy of micro- mammals (also referred to as small mammals), with a focus on their role in understanding Quaternary environmental changes and human occupation. Micromammals, due to their sensitivity to climate and habitat shifts, serve as critical indicators of past environments, offering valuable insights into landscape evolution and human interactions with ecosystems, fauna, and changing environmental conditions. The articles in this VSI derive from the 4th Microvertebrate Working Group Meeting, held at the University of T & uuml;bingen, Germany in 2022. The VSI covers a wide range of topics, including biochronology, paleobiogeography, paleoecology, and taphonomy. Studies from Armenia, Italy, Argentina, Belgium, and the Iberian Peninsula, among other areas, focus on reconstructing past environments using micromammal assemblages, and employ a variety of methods and techniques such as geometric morphometrics, stable isotope analysis, and paleoclimatic models. These reconstructions offer new perspectives on key periods of environmental and climatic change during the Pleistocene and Holocene, including human dispersals, resource exploitation strategies, and faunal adaptations to climate shifts. In addition, several papers address taphonomic processes, including the role of predators in shaping fossil assemblages and the preservation of environmental signals in the archaeological record. This VSI highlights the significance of micromammal studies in broadening our understanding of Quaternary ecosystems and human prehistory, while also contributing to methodological advances in paleoecological and taphonomic research.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipED481B-2023-040; 2021-SGR-01238; 2023PFR-URV-01238; PID2021-122533NB-I00; Innovation-MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011 033/FEDER
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112787
dc.identifier.issn0031-0182
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/26883
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationInterdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior
dc.relation.ispartofPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.subjectChiroptera
dc.subjectRodentia
dc.subjectPaleoclimate
dc.subjectPaleoenvironment
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectBiochronology
dc.titleEditorial preface to the special issue: palaeoecology and taphonomy of small mammals: implications for quaternary human occupations and environmental reconstructioneng
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oaire.citation.startPage112787
oaire.citation.titlePalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
oaire.citation.volume663
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