Hindcasting faunal distributions in the holocene to understand interactions between ancient societies, biodiversity and climate

后推全新世动物群分布，以了解古代社会、生物多样性和气候之间的相互作用

• 批准号: 2771575
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2771575
• 关键词: Hindcasting; faunal; distributions; holocene; understand

Summary: BACKGROUND: Faced with the urgent challenge of predicting the consequences of current and future climate change, it is imperative that we seek to learn lessons about climate-animal-human relations from the long-term records available from the past. The Old World witnessed drastic changes in climate over the Holocene, with significant consequences for habitat suitability for both wild and domestic animal populations. Given their scale, these changes have been proposed as the explanation for the collapse of several societies in Africa and Asia. Recent advances in species distribution modelling and our knowledge of palaeoclimates now offer exciting opportunities to recreate the ecological settings in which prehistorical and historical events unfolded.OBJECTIVES: Focusing on an area within the wider North African/Middle Eastern region, you will combine data from the archaeological and paleontological records with ecological models to investigate drivers of animal population trends and subsistence change in prehistoric/ancient societies, with the option also to explore links to historical events.Proposed objectives:(i) Identify drivers of local extinctions and colonisations of wildlife within the study area.(ii) Assess changes in the sustainability of alternative subsistence strategies over time.(iii) Investigate potential environmental drivers of historical events

摘要： 背景：面对预测当前和未来气候变化后果的紧迫挑战，我们必须从过去的长期记录中汲取有关气候-动物-人类关系的经验教训。旧世界在全新世见证了气候的剧烈变化，对野生动物和家养动物种群的栖息地适宜性产生了重大影响。鉴于其规模，这些变化被认为是非洲和亚洲一些社会崩溃的解释。物种分布模型的最新进展和我们对古气候的了解现在为重建史前和历史事件发生的生态环境提供了令人兴奋的机会。 目标：重点关注更广泛的北非/中东地区，您将把考古和古生物学记录的数据与生态模型相结合，以调查史前/古代社会中动物种群趋势和生存变化的驱动因素，还可以选择探索与 历史事件。拟议目标：(i) 确定研究区域内野生动物局部灭绝和殖民的驱动因素。(ii) 评估替代生存策略的可持续性随时间的变化。(iii) 调查历史事件的潜在环境驱动因素