Sara Varela - Publications

• Varela, S., Lobo, J. M., Hortal, J. (in press.) The use of species distribution model methodologies to predict the past distribution of species.
• Varela, S., Lobo, J. M., Rodríguez, J. and Batra, P. (2010). Were the Late Pleistocene climatic changes responsible for the disappearance of the European spotted hyena populations? Quaternary Science Reviews, 29: 2027-2035. ( link)
• Varela, S., Lobo, J. M. and Rodríguez, J. (2010). Are herbivores and spotted hyena extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene related? Zona Arqueologica, 13: 76-91 ( link)
• Varela, S., Lobo, J. M. and Rodríguez, J. (2010). The influence of climatic changes on the extinction of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777) in the Iberian peninsula. Zona Arqueologica, 13: 68-75. ( link)
• Varela, S., Rodríguez, J. and Lobo, J. M. (2009). Is current climatic equilibrium a guarantee for the transferability of distribution model predictions? A case study of the spotted hyena. Journal of Biogeography, 36(9): 1645-1655. ( link)
• Bermúdez de Castro J.M., Carbonell E., Gómez A., Mateos A., Martinón-Torres M., Muela A., Rodríguez J., Sarmiento S. and Varela, S.(2006). Paleodemografía del hipodigma de fósiles de homininos del nivel TD6 de Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos): estudio preliminar. Estudios Geológicos, 62: 145-154.
• Rodríguez, J., Varela, S. and Nieto, M. (2004). Ecological structure of the Turolian (Upper Miocene) mammalian communities from Teruel (Spain). Actas de las XX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología.