TY - JOUR A1 - Tiedemann, Ralph A1 - Schneider, Anja R. R. A1 - Havenstein, Katja A1 - Blanck, Torsten A1 - Meier, Elmar A1 - Raffel, Martina A1 - Zwartepoorte, Henk A1 - Plath, Martin T1 - New microsatellite markers allow high-resolution taxon delimitation in critically endangered Asian box turtles, genus Cuora JF - Salamandra : German journal of herpetology N2 - We isolated and characterized 16 new di- and tetranudeotide microsatellite markers for the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora, focusing on the "Cuora trifasciata" species complex. The new markers were then used to analyse genetic variability and divergence amongst five described species within this complex, namely C. aurocapitata (n = 18), C. cyclornata (n = 31), C. pani (n = 6), C. trifasciata (n = 58), and C. zhoui (n = 7). Our results support the view that all five species represent valid taxa. Within two species (C. trifasciata and C. cyclornata), two distinct morphotypes were corroborated by microsatellite divergence. For three individuals, morphologically identified as being of hybrid origin, the hybrid status was confirmed by our genetic analysis. Our results confirm the controversial species (Cuora aurocapitata, C. cyclornata) and subspecies/morphotypes (C. cyclornata meieri, C. trifasciata cf. trifasciata) to be genetically distinct, which has critical implications for conservation strategies. KW - Testudines KW - Cuora KW - box turtles KW - captive breeding KW - conservation units KW - microsatellites Y1 - 2014 SN - 0036-3375 VL - 50 IS - 3 SP - 139 EP - 146 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde CY - Darmstadt ER - TY - THES A1 - Cao, Xianyong T1 - Vegetation and climate change in eastern continental Asia during the last 22 ka inferred from pollen data synthesis Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - THES A1 - Gaßmöller, René T1 - The interaction of subducted slabs and plume generation zones in geodynamic models Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - THES A1 - Tympel, Jens Günter T1 - Numerical modeling of the Cenozoic Pamir-Tien Shan orogeny Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - THES A1 - Borchardt, Sven T1 - Rainfall, weathering and erosion BT - quantification of earth surface processes in Suguta Valley, northern Kenya, using multispectral and hyperspectral data Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - THES A1 - Maghsoudi, Samira T1 - Spatiotemporal microseismicity patterns and detection performance in mining environments Y1 - 2014 CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Braeuer, Benjamin A1 - Asch, Günter A1 - Hofstetter, Rami A1 - Haberland, Christian A1 - Jaser, D. A1 - El-Kelani, R. A1 - Weber, Michael H. T1 - Detailed seismicity analysis revealing the dynamics of the southern Dead Sea area JF - Journal of seismology N2 - Within the framework of the international DESIRE (DEad Sea Integrated REsearch) project, a dense temporary local seismological network was operated in the southern Dead Sea area. During 18 recording months, 648 events were detected. Based on an already published tomography study clustering, focal mechanisms, statistics and the distribution of the microseismicity in relation to the velocity models from the tomography are analysed. The determined b value of 0.74 leads to a relatively high risk of large earthquakes compared to the moderate microseismic activity. The distribution of the seismicity indicates an asymmetric basin with a vertical strike-slip fault forming the eastern boundary of the basin, and an inclined western boundary, made up of strike-slip and normal faults. Furthermore, significant differences between the area north and south of the Bokek fault were observed. South of the Bokek fault, the western boundary is inactive while the entire seismicity occurs on the eastern boundary and below the basin-fill sediments. The largest events occurred here, and their focal mechanisms represent the northwards transform motion of the Arabian plate along the Dead Sea Transform. The vertical extension of the spatial and temporal cluster from February 2007 is interpreted as being related to the locking of the region around the Bokek fault. North of the Bokek fault similar seismic activity occurs on both boundaries most notably within the basin-fill sediments, displaying mainly small events with strike-slip mechanism and normal faulting in EW direction. Therefore, we suggest that the Bokek fault forms the border between the single transform fault and the pull-apart basin with two active border faults. KW - Dead Sea basin KW - Microseismicity KW - Cluster KW - Pull-apart basin KW - Asymmetric basin KW - Transform fault Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-014-9441-4 SN - 1383-4649 SN - 1573-157X VL - 18 IS - 4 SP - 731 EP - 748 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Werner, Andrea A1 - Werner, Andreas A1 - Wieland, Ralf A1 - Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian A1 - Mirschel, Wilfried A1 - Ende, Hans-Peter A1 - Wiggering, Hubert T1 - Ex ante assessment of crop rotations focusing on energy crops using a multi-attribute decision-making method JF - Ecological indicators : integrating monitoring, assessment and management N2 - The cultivation of plants for use as energy resources is an agricultural and industrial sector with potentially synergistic benefits related to protecting the environment and generating income. Against the background of increasing land-use changes and new agricultural approaches to the production of energy crops, we present a method for identifying future-oriented crop rotations that supports both the economic and environmental components of decision-making strategies with respect to agriculture-related policy decisions (regional mission statements). The conflicting aspects of these objectives can be addressed with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), a multi-attribute decision-making method that was integrated here. Three models are used to generate simulations of the defined objectives over a planning period of 30 years under the current climate scenario and provide input data for the multi-attribute assessment of several crop rotations. Based on the entire evaluation process, dimensionless global priority vectors are used to indicate how well the crop rotations meet the requirements of the defined mission statement. The method is tested in a municipality in NE Germany. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Agricultural management KW - Ex ante assessment KW - Multi-attribute decision-making KW - AHP KW - Crop rotation KW - Energy crops KW - Regional objectives KW - Indicators Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.013 SN - 1470-160X SN - 1872-7034 VL - 45 SP - 110 EP - 122 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Licht, A. A1 - van Cappelle, M. A1 - Abels, Hemmo A. A1 - Ladant, J. -B. A1 - Trabucho-Alexandre, J. A1 - France-Lanord, C. A1 - Donnadieu, Y. A1 - Vandenberghe, J. A1 - Rigaudier, T. A1 - Lecuyer, C. A1 - Terry, D. A1 - Adriaens, R. A1 - Boura, A. A1 - Guo, Z. A1 - Soe, Aung Naing A1 - Quade, J. A1 - Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume A1 - Jaeger, J. -J. T1 - Asian monsoons in a late Eocene greenhouse world JF - Nature : the international weekly journal of science N2 - The strong present-day Asian monsoons are thought to have originated between 25 and 22 million years (Myr) ago, driven by Tibetan-Himalayan uplift. However, the existence of older Asian monsoons and their response to enhanced greenhouse conditions such as those in the Eocene period (55-34Myrago) are unknown because of the paucity of well-dated records. Here we show late Eocene climate records revealing marked monsoon-like patterns in rainfall and wind south and north of the Tibetan-Himalayan orogen. This is indicated by low oxygen isotope values with strong seasonality in gastropod shells and mammal teeth from Myanmar, and by aeolian dust deposition in northwest China. Our climate simulations support modern-like Eocene monsoonal rainfall and show that a reinforced hydrological cycle responding to enhanced greenhouse conditions counterbalanced the negative effect of lower Tibetan relief on precipitation. These strong monsoons later weakened with the global shift to icehouse conditions 34 Myr ago. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13704 SN - 0028-0836 SN - 1476-4687 VL - 513 IS - 7519 SP - 501 EP - + PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liu, Xingqi A1 - Herzschuh, Ulrike A1 - Wang, Yongbo A1 - Kuhn, Gerhard A1 - Yu, Zhitong T1 - Glacier fluctuations of Muztagh Ata and temperature changes during the late Holocene in westernmost Tibetan Plateau, based on glaciolacustrine sediment records JF - Geophysical research letters N2 - Late Holocene glacier variations in westernmost Tibetan Plateau were studied based on the analysis of grain size, magnetic susceptibility, and elements from an 8.3m long distal glaciolacustrine sediment core of Kalakuli Lake. Our results show that there are four glacier expansion episodes occurring in 4200-3700calibrated years (cal years) B.P., 2950-2300cal years B.P., 1700-1070cal years B.P., and 570-100cal years B.P. and four glacier retreat periods of 3700-2950cal years B.P., 2300-1700cal years B.P., 1070-570cal years B.P., and 50cal years B.P.-present. The four glacier expansion episodes are generally in agreement with the glacier activities indicted by the moraines at Muztagh Ata and Kongur Shan, as well as with the late Holocene ice-rafting events in the North Atlantic. Over the last 2000years, our reconstructed glacier variations are in temporal agreement with reconstructed temperature from China and the Northern Hemisphere, indicating that glacier variations at centennial time scales are very sensitive to temperature in western Tibetan Plateau. KW - glaciolacustrine sediment KW - westernmost Tibetan Plateau KW - glacier variation KW - Kalakuli Lake KW - late Holocene KW - temperature Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060444 SN - 0094-8276 SN - 1944-8007 VL - 41 IS - 17 SP - 6265 EP - 6273 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Washington ER -