Long-term herbivore population dynamics in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its implications for early human impacts

• Published in: Review of palaeobotany and palynology Vol. 275; p. 104171
• Main Authors: Huang, Xiaozhong, Zhang, Jun, Storozum, Michael, Liu, Sisi, Gill, Jacquelyn L., Xiang, Lixiong, Ren, Xiuxiu, Wang, Jiale, Qiang, Mingrui, Chen, Fahu, Grimm, Eric C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2020
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; archaeology; China; climate change; Early human impact; Early pastoralism; fungal spores; herbivores; historical records; Holocene epoch; Human adaption; humans; keystone species; lakes; monsoon season; people; pollen; population dynamics; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; radiocarbon dating; sediments; Sporormiella; Sporormiella fungal spores; summer; vegetation; yaks; China; Early human impact; Early pastoralism; Human adaption; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Sporormiella fungal spores

Large herbivores are keystone species on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), but their past population ecology is the product of a complex combination of climatic changes and human activities that span the Holocene. In this study we use the record of dung-residing fungal spores (Sporormiella) in the st...