@article{SommerKalbeEkstrometal.2014, author = {Sommer, Robert S. and Kalbe, Johannes and Ekstrom, Jonas and Benecke, Norbert and Liljegren, Ronnie}, title = {Range dynamics of the reindeer in Europe during the last 25,000 years}, series = {Journal of biogeography}, volume = {41}, journal = {Journal of biogeography}, number = {2}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0305-0270}, doi = {10.1111/jbi.12193}, pages = {298 -- 306}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Aim To understand the role and significance of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758), as a specific indicator in terms of late Quaternary biogeography and to determine the effects of global climate change on its range and local extinction dynamics at the end of the Ice Age. Location Late Pleistocene/early Holocene range of reindeer over all of central and western Europe, including southern Scandinavia and northern Iberia, but excluding Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. Methods Radiocarbon-dated subfossil records of R. tarandus from both archaeological and natural deposits younger than 25,000 years were assembled in a database. The distribution area was divided into six representative regions. The C-14 dates were calibrated and plotted chronologically in maps in order to compare presence and absence and regional extinction patterns from one region to another. Main conclusions The late Quaternary record for reindeer in Europe during the last 25 kyr shows a climate-driven dispersal and retreat in response to climate change, with regional variations. The collapse of the mammoth steppe biome did not lead to the local extinction in Europe, as in the case of other megafaunal species. Rangifer tarandus co-existed for about 3000 years during the Late Glacial and early Holocene with typical temperate species such as red deer and roe deer in non-analogue faunal communities. The regional extinction at the end of the Pleistocene coincides with the transition from light open birch/pine forests to pine/deciduous forests.}, language = {en} } @article{GeorgyEkstroemHirschietal.2015, author = {Georgy, C. and Ekstr{\"o}m, S. and Hirschi, R. and Meynet, G. and Groh, J. H. and Eggenberger, P.}, title = {Wolf-Rayet stars as an evolved stage of stellar life}, series = {Wolf-Rayet Stars : Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.-5. June 2015}, journal = {Wolf-Rayet Stars : Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.-5. June 2015}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-88097}, pages = {229 -- 232}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars, as they are advanced stages of the life of massive stars, provide a good test for various physical processes involved in the modelling of massive stars, such as rotation and mass loss. In this paper, we show the outputs of the latest grids of single massive stars computed with the Geneva stellar evolution code, and compare them with some observations. We present a short discussion on the shortcomings of single stars models and we also briefly discuss the impact of binarity on the WR populations.}, language = {en} } @article{MeynetGeorgyMaederetal.2015, author = {Meynet, G. and Georgy, C. and Maeder, A. and Ekstr{\"o}m, S. and Groh, J. H. and Barblan, F. and Song, H. F. and Eggenberger, P.}, title = {Physics of massive stars relevant for the modeling of Wolf-Rayet populations}, series = {Wolf-Rayet Stars : Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.-5. June 2015}, journal = {Wolf-Rayet Stars : Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.-5. June 2015}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-87971}, pages = {183 -- 188}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Key physical ingredients governing the evolution of massive stars are mass losses, convection and mixing in radiative zones. These effects are important both in the frame of single and close binary evolution. The present paper addresses two points: 1) the differences between two families of rotating models, i.e. the family of models computed with and without an efficient transport of angular momentum in radiative zones; 2) The impact of the mass losses in single and in close binary models.}, language = {en} }