Collapse of an ecological network in Ancient Egypt
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 94618818
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1073/pnas.1408471111
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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- First page
- 14472
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 40
- ISSN
- 0027-8424
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This work used a new mathematical approach that allowed to analyze the dynamics of food webs that were reconstructed from Egyptian art. The result is a 6000 year timeseries of the mammalian food web in Egypt. This is one of the longest non-fossil-based timeseries in Community Ecology. The study showed the impact of climate change destabilizing the food webs and leading to the extinction of species. This paper received wide coverage in mainstream media and radiated into professional journals in different disciplines including History and Archaeology (https://pnas.altmetric.com/details/2712577/news) . The work was reported inf Nature and Science (https://www.nature.com/news/ancient-art-fills-in-egypt-s-ecological-history-1.13528 and https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/09/clues-animal-extinctions-found-walls-egyptian-tombs).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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