Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society

Collapses of food producer societies are recurrent events in prehistory and have triggered a growing concern for identifying the underlying causes of convergences/divergences across cultures around the world. One of the most studied and used as a paradigmatic case is the population collapse of the R...

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Authors: Lima, M., Gayo, E. M., Latorre, C., Santoro, Calogero M., Estay, S. A., Cañellas-Boltà, Núria, Margalef, Olga, Giralt, Santiago, Sáez, A., Pla-Rabes, Sergi, Chr. Stenseth, N.
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Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/233429
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Keyword:Climate change
Collapse
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Population
Population theory
Rapa Nui
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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spelling Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui societyLima, M.Gayo, E. M.Latorre, C.Santoro, Calogero M.Estay, S. A.Cañellas-Boltà, NúriaMargalef, OlgaGiralt, SantiagoSáez, A.Pla-Rabes, SergiChr. Stenseth, N.Climate changeCollapseoverPopulationPopulation theoryRapa Nuihttp://metadata.un.org/sdg/13Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsCollapses of food producer societies are recurrent events in prehistory and have triggered a growing concern for identifying the underlying causes of convergences/divergences across cultures around the world. One of the most studied and used as a paradigmatic case is the population collapse of the Rapa Nui society. Here, we test different hypotheses about it by developing explicit population dynamic models that integrate feedbacks between climatic, demographic and ecological factors that underpinned the socio-cultural trajectory of these people. We evaluate our model outputs against a reconstruction of past population size based on archaeological radiocarbon dates from the island. The resulting estimated demographic declines of the Rapa Nui people are linked to the long-term effects of climate change on the island's carrying capacity and, in turn, on the 'per-capita food supply'.Data accessibility. The data is available from the Dryad Digital Repository: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.bk3j9kd7j [69]. Authors’ contributions. Conceptualization: M.L., E.M.G., S.A.E., C.L. and N.C.S. Data curation: E.M.G., N.C.-B., O.M., S.G., A.S. and S.P.-R. Formal analysis: M.L., S.A.E. and E.M.G. Investigation: M.L., E.M.G., S.A.E., C.L., C.M.S., N.C.-B., O.M., S.G., A.S., S.P.-R. and N.C.S. Methodology: M.L., S.A.E., N.C.-B. and E.M.G. Validation: M.L., E.M.G. and S.A.E. Visualization: M.L. and S.A.E. Writing— original draft: M.L., E.M.G., S.A.E., C.L., C.M.S. and N.C.S. Writing—review and editing: M.L., E.M.G., S.A.E., C.L., S.G., A.S., O.M. and S.P.-R. Competing interests. We declare we have no competing interests. Funding. M.L., E.M.G. and S.A.E. acknowledge financial support from the Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES; ANID PIA/BASAL FB0002) and FONDECYT proposal no. 1180121—2018. We also thank ANID FONDAP and PIA grant nos 15110009 (to CR2) and AFB170008 (to the IEB) for additional funding.Royal Society (Great Britain)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2021202120202021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/233429reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0662rspb20200662Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2334292026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
title Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
spellingShingle Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
Lima, M.
Climate change
Collapse
over
Population
Population theory
Rapa Nui
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
title_short Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
title_full Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
title_fullStr Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
title_full_unstemmed Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
title_sort Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society: Population collapse of Rapa Nui society
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lima, M.
Gayo, E. M.
Latorre, C.
Santoro, Calogero M.
Estay, S. A.
Cañellas-Boltà, Núria
Margalef, Olga
Giralt, Santiago
Sáez, A.
Pla-Rabes, Sergi
Chr. Stenseth, N.
author Lima, M.
author_facet Lima, M.
Gayo, E. M.
Latorre, C.
Santoro, Calogero M.
Estay, S. A.
Cañellas-Boltà, Núria
Margalef, Olga
Giralt, Santiago
Sáez, A.
Pla-Rabes, Sergi
Chr. Stenseth, N.
author_role author
author2 Gayo, E. M.
Latorre, C.
Santoro, Calogero M.
Estay, S. A.
Cañellas-Boltà, Núria
Margalef, Olga
Giralt, Santiago
Sáez, A.
Pla-Rabes, Sergi
Chr. Stenseth, N.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Climate change
Collapse
over
Population
Population theory
Rapa Nui
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
topic Climate change
Collapse
over
Population
Population theory
Rapa Nui
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
description Collapses of food producer societies are recurrent events in prehistory and have triggered a growing concern for identifying the underlying causes of convergences/divergences across cultures around the world. One of the most studied and used as a paradigmatic case is the population collapse of the Rapa Nui society. Here, we test different hypotheses about it by developing explicit population dynamic models that integrate feedbacks between climatic, demographic and ecological factors that underpinned the socio-cultural trajectory of these people. We evaluate our model outputs against a reconstruction of past population size based on archaeological radiocarbon dates from the island. The resulting estimated demographic declines of the Rapa Nui people are linked to the long-term effects of climate change on the island's carrying capacity and, in turn, on the 'per-capita food supply'.
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