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dc.contributor.authorSolórzano-Kraemer, Mónica M.
dc.contributor.authorDelclòs, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorEngel, Michael S.
dc.contributor.authorPeñalver, Enrique
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-14T21:14:21Z
dc.date.available2020-12-14T21:14:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-16
dc.identifier.citationSolórzano-Kraemer, M. M., Delclòs, X., Engel, M. S., & Peñalver, E. (2020). A revised definition for copal and its significance for palaeontological and Anthropocene biodiversity-loss studies. Scientific reports, 10(1), 19904. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76808-6en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/30968
dc.descriptionThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe early fossilization steps of natural resins and associated terminology are a subject of constant debate. Copal and resin are archives of palaeontological and historical information, and their study is critical to the discovery of new and/or recently extinct species and to trace changes in forests during the Holocene. For such studies, a clear, suitable definition for copal is vital and is herein established. We propose an age range for copal (2.58 Ma—1760 AD), including Pleistocene and Holocene copals, and the novel term "Defaunation resin", defined as resin produced after the commencement of the Industrial Revolution. Defaunation resin is differentiated from Holocene copal as it was produced during a period of intense human transformative activities. Additionally, the “Latest Amber Bioinclusions Gap” (LABG) since the late Miocene to the end of the Pleistocene is hereby newly defined, and is characterized by its virtual absence of bioinclusions and the consequent lack of palaeontological information, which in part explains the historical differentiation between amber and copal. Crucial time intervals in the study of resin production, and of the biodiversity that could be contained, are now clarified, providing a framework for and focusing future research on bioinclusions preserved in copal and resin.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipProjekt DEALen_US
dc.publisherNature Researchen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020, The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectEcologyen_US
dc.subjectZoologyen_US
dc.subjectEcologyen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental sciencesen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.subjectPaleontologyen_US
dc.titleA revised definition for copal and its significance for palaeontological and Anthropocene biodiversity-loss studiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorEngel, Michael S.
kusw.kudepartmentNatural History Museumen_US
kusw.kudepartmentEcology & Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-020-76808-6en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC7669904en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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