Professor Danielle Schreve

Those are mixed in with other small mammal species that require more temperate but also some kind of vegetation cover as well. These might be things like wood mice, for example, or common shrews.

Those are mixed in with other small mammal species that require more temperate but also some kind of vegetation cover as well. These might be things like wood mice, for example, or common shrews.

These are small mammals that we think are probably able to eke out an existence in some of these very deep limestone gorges, particularly where there are more shrubby habitats or even trees that are growing there.

These are small mammals that we think are probably able to eke out an existence in some of these very deep limestone gorges, particularly where there are more shrubby habitats or even trees that are growing there.

These are small mammals that we think are probably able to eke out an existence in some of these very deep limestone gorges, particularly where there are more shrubby habitats or even trees that are growing there.

there would have been sufficient shelter to support both the ones that needed more temperate conditions, but also up on the plateau, you've still got pretty exposed conditions and you would have been able to support things like reindeer up there as well.

there would have been sufficient shelter to support both the ones that needed more temperate conditions, but also up on the plateau, you've still got pretty exposed conditions and you would have been able to support things like reindeer up there as well.

there would have been sufficient shelter to support both the ones that needed more temperate conditions, but also up on the plateau, you've still got pretty exposed conditions and you would have been able to support things like reindeer up there as well.

Yes, and I think certainly back in the past, we used to wonder whether these were sort of jumbles in the fossil record, that there wasn't good resolution in these sites, that we didn't have the precision to say level by level exactly what was going on. But now, for example, with the types of sites that we're working on, we have got really good resolution.

Yes, and I think certainly back in the past, we used to wonder whether these were sort of jumbles in the fossil record, that there wasn't good resolution in these sites, that we didn't have the precision to say level by level exactly what was going on. But now, for example, with the types of sites that we're working on, we have got really good resolution.

Yes, and I think certainly back in the past, we used to wonder whether these were sort of jumbles in the fossil record, that there wasn't good resolution in these sites, that we didn't have the precision to say level by level exactly what was going on. But now, for example, with the types of sites that we're working on, we have got really good resolution.

So actually, we can see that within just a few centimetres of sediment, we can extract these animals that have rather different habitat preferences together. It really has an important lesson, I think, for how we understand fauna and responses to climate change at the present day, because it shows us how quickly animals can respond to these events.

So actually, we can see that within just a few centimetres of sediment, we can extract these animals that have rather different habitat preferences together. It really has an important lesson, I think, for how we understand fauna and responses to climate change at the present day, because it shows us how quickly animals can respond to these events.

So actually, we can see that within just a few centimetres of sediment, we can extract these animals that have rather different habitat preferences together. It really has an important lesson, I think, for how we understand fauna and responses to climate change at the present day, because it shows us how quickly animals can respond to these events.

And obviously, one of the challenges that they have today is the fact that we have changed the landscape. We've removed connectivity of habitats. But in the past, even very small animals could expand or contract their range according to changing environments, changing climates. They could do that really, really rapidly.

And obviously, one of the challenges that they have today is the fact that we have changed the landscape. We've removed connectivity of habitats. But in the past, even very small animals could expand or contract their range according to changing environments, changing climates. They could do that really, really rapidly.

And obviously, one of the challenges that they have today is the fact that we have changed the landscape. We've removed connectivity of habitats. But in the past, even very small animals could expand or contract their range according to changing environments, changing climates. They could do that really, really rapidly.

So animals such as, you know, many of these animals would be relatively more tolerant as mammals because mammals are warm-blooded and they would have had certain adaptations as well. They're certainly more tolerant than things like reptiles or amphibians that are obviously completely dependent on external temperatures.

So animals such as, you know, many of these animals would be relatively more tolerant as mammals because mammals are warm-blooded and they would have had certain adaptations as well. They're certainly more tolerant than things like reptiles or amphibians that are obviously completely dependent on external temperatures.

So animals such as, you know, many of these animals would be relatively more tolerant as mammals because mammals are warm-blooded and they would have had certain adaptations as well. They're certainly more tolerant than things like reptiles or amphibians that are obviously completely dependent on external temperatures.