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Late Pleistocene temperature patterns in the Western Palearctic: insights from rodent associations compared with general circulation models
Aurélien Royer
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Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, EPHE-PSL, Biogéosciences UMR 6282, 21000 Dijon, France
Julien Crétat
Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, EPHE-PSL, Biogéosciences UMR 6282, 21000 Dijon, France
Rémi Laffont
Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, EPHE-PSL, Biogéosciences UMR 6282, 21000 Dijon, France
Sara Gamboa
Zentralmagazin Naturwissenschaftlicher Sammlungen (ZNS), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Domplatz 4, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM), Universidade de Vigo; MAPAS Lab, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Fonte das Abelleiras s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Belén Luna
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Carlos III s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
Iris Menéndez
Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Benjamin Pohl
Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, EPHE-PSL, Biogéosciences UMR 6282, 21000 Dijon, France
Sophie Montuire
Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, EPHE-PSL, Biogéosciences UMR 6282, 21000 Dijon, France
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL University, Paris, France
Manuel Hernández Fernández
Departamento de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Departamento de Cambio Medioambiental, Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC) Severo Ochoa 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Short summary
Continental-scale temperature maps have been generated based on rodent associations and spatial generalized linear mixed model for six different periods (Last Glacial Maximum, Heinrich Stadial, Bølling, Allerød, Younger Dryas and present-day conditions). Their reliability was assessed by comparing them with general circulation models, showing similar estimates, but slightly colder values in western Europe and warmer ones in eastern Europe for past periods.
Continental-scale temperature maps have been generated based on rodent associations and spatial...
