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Evolution of Mammalian Diversity in the Late Pleistocene–Middle Holocene of the Mountainous Regions of Northern Eurasia: Between Two Interglacials

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For the first time, reconstruction was carried out and a comparative analysis of the evolution of the parameters of biological diversity (species richness, entropy, dominance index, measure of organization, etc.) of mammalian complexes of six mountain regions of Eurasia in the Late Pleistocene–Holocene was performed. It was shown that their reactions to the MIS 5e and MIS 1 interglacial conditions were fundamentally different, which does not allow us to make direct extrapolations in predicting the reaction of modern fauna to future climate changes. Mountain fauna in MIS 3 and the first half of MIS 2 combined high biological diversity with high resistance. Maintenance of the relative homeostasis of species richness was probably facilitated by the high functional redundancy of the communities, combined with the high ecological diversity of mountain biotopes.

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This work was carried out in the framework of the program for the study of mammalian fauna of the Mikulin interglacial region with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 17-01-00100-a), as well as under the program “Assessment of Physical, Geographical, Hydrological, and Biotic Changes in the Environment and Their Consequences for Creating the Basics of Sustainable Nature Management” of a State Assignment of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. 0148-2019-0007, AAAA-A19-119021990093-8).

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Puzachenko, A.Y., Markova, A.K. Evolution of Mammalian Diversity in the Late Pleistocene–Middle Holocene of the Mountainous Regions of Northern Eurasia: Between Two Interglacials. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 47, 153–171 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359020020077

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