A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations: palaeoecological investigations in Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) in the context of the Iberian …

JS Carrión, C Finlayson, S Fernández… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
Palaeobotanical (pollen, charcoal) data from Gorham's Cave reveals a diversified landscape
in the Gibraltar region during the Middle (c. 32 560–23 780year BP) and Upper Palaeolithic …

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Juniperus communis L.

PA Thomas, M El‐Barghathi, A Polwart - Journal of Ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 This account reviews information on all aspects of the biology of Juniperus
communis that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour …

A Neandertal dietary conundrum: Insights provided by tooth enamel Zn isotopes from Gabasa, Spain

K Jaouen, V Villalba-Mouco… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The characterization of Neandertals' diets has mostly relied on nitrogen isotope analyses of
bone and tooth collagen. However, few nitrogen isotope data have been recovered from …

Steppes, savannahs, forests and phytodiversity reservoirs during the Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula

P González-Sampériz, SAG Leroy, JS Carrión… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2010 - Elsevier
A palaeobotanical analysis of the Pleistocene floras and vegetation in the Iberian Peninsula
shows the existence of patched landscapes with Pinus woodlands, deciduous and mixed …

Revealing the last 13,500 years of environmental history from the multiproxy record of a mountain lake (Lago Enol, northern Iberian Peninsula)

A Moreno, L López-Merino, M Leira… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
We present the Holocene sequence from Lago Enol (43° 16′ N, 4° 59′ W, 1,070 m asl),
Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain. A multiproxy analysis provided comprehensive …

Sharing food with hyenas: a latrine of Pachycrocuta brevirostris in the Early Pleistocene assemblage of Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain)

MP Espigares, P Palmqvist, MD Rodríguez-Ruiz… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Early Pleistocene archeological site of Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3) preserves some
of the oldest evidence of hominin presence in Western Europe, including a huge …

Last Neanderthals in the warmest refugium of Europe: Palynological data from Vanguard Cave

JS Carrión, J Ochando, S Fernández, R Blasco… - Review of palaeobotany …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents pollen analyses on hyaena coprolites from Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar,
with the aim of depicting the vegetation landscapes of the southern Iberian Neanderthals …

Neanderthals in a highly diverse, mediterranean-Eurosiberian forest ecotone: the pleistocene pollen record of Teixoneres Cave, northeastern Spain

J Ochando, JS Carrion, R Blasco, F Rivals… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
A palynological study of the archaeological layers from the Neanderthal site of Teixoneres
Cave, located in Northeastern Spain, is presented. Vegetation dynamics for the MIS 7-MIS 2 …

Molecular and palaeoecological evidence for multiple glacial refugia for evergreen oaks on the Iberian Peninsula

U López de Heredia, JS Carrión… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A multiple glacial refugia hypothesis for Mediterranean plant species was tested with
the evergreen Quercus complex (Quercus suber L., Quercus ilex L. and Quercus coccifera …

Glacial and Lateglacial vegetation in northeastern Spain: new data and a review

P González-Sampériz, BL Valero-Garcés… - Quaternary …, 2005 - Elsevier
Though usually under-represented in palaeobiogeographical models, northeastern Spain is
one of the regions of southern Europe with the greatest biodiversity. Strong climatic and …