Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2014, Nr 12, pages 18–30 Destiny of Mammoth fauna and the Red Queen phenomenon Popova L. V. Summary:
The Red Queen hypothesis of Van Valen and the model of the destructive phylocoenogenesis of Zherikhin have been applied to interpret the bioevent of the end of the Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene. Broadening of ecological niches and 'patient' strategy were the main trends in the fauna development and it led to formation of non-analogous communities. A prevalence of multiple random causes of the extinction of Mammoth fauna has been suggested on this basis. It is in good accordance with the ‘extinction lag’ sensu Lister and Stuart, that is an extended process of range reduction over thousands of years. The ‘extinction lag’ also follows broad ecological niches of representatives of mammoth fauna. Besides, destructive phylocoenogenesis implies that destruction of existed coadaptations dominate new coadaptations appearance. It means that new Holocene com-munities were less aggressive, and they left more opportunities for patches of relict mammoth communities to exist. It is a principal difference comparing to the present biotic event, which must be defined as a transformational phylocoenogenesis. Keywords:
mammoth fauna, extinction, ecological niches, Red Queen hypothesis, phylocoenogenesis. Corresponding author address:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Geology; Vasylkivska St. 90, Kyiv, 03022 Ukraine; email: popovalv@mail.ru
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