METHOD is the acronym for Modelling EnvironmenTal dynamics and HOminin Dispersals around the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution. We are an International Focus Group (IFG) aimed to the study of the influence of the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution (MPR) on ecosystems and on human survival and evolution
Publications
Lozano, M., Mateos, A., Rodríguez, J., (In press).Exploring paleo food-webs in the European Early and Middle Pleistocene: A network analysis. Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.068
- Hölzchen, E., Hertler, C., Timm, I., Lorig, F., (2016).
Evaluation of Out of Africa hypotheses by means of agent-based modeling. Quaternary International 413: 78-90. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.022
- Martin-Gonzalez, J.A., Mateos, A., Rodriguez-Gomez, G., Rodriguez, J., (In press).
Fitting a survival model to describe the age structure of fossil populations. Quaternary International. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.038
- Palombo, M.R. (In press).
To what extent could functional diversity be a useful tool in inferring ecosystem responses to past climate changes? Quaternary International. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.069
- Rodríguez, J., Mateos, A., Hertler, C., Palombo, M.R. (2016).
Modelling human presence and environmental dynamics during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution: New approaches and tools. Quaternary International 393, 19-23.
- Rodríguez, J., Mateos, A., Hertler, C., Palombo, M.R., (In press).
The power of models: Mathematical approaches to the study of Human-Fauna interactions in the Pleistocene. Quaternary International.
- Rodríguez-Gómez, G., Mateos, A., Martín-González, J.A., Rodríguez, J., (In press).
Measuring intraguild competition from faunal assemblages to compare environmental conditions among paleocommunities. Quaternary International. 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.087
- Vinuesa, V., Iurino, D.A., Madurell-Malapeira, J., Liu, J., Fortuny, J., Sardella, R., Alba, D.M., (In press).
Inferences of social behavior in bone-cracking hyaenids (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) based on digital paleoneurological techniques: Implications for human–carnivoran interactions in the Pleistocene. Quaternary International. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.037
- Volmer, R., Hertler, C. (2016).
The effect of competition on shared food resources in carnivore guilds. Quaternary International. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.054
- Volmer, R., Hertler, C., van der Geer, A. (2016)
Niche overlap and competition potential among tigers (Panthera tigris), sapertoothed cats (Homotherium ultimum, Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii) and Merriam’s Dog (Megacyon merriami) in the Pleistocene of Java Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441(4): 901-911.
