Publications

2016

Invertebrate fossil associations from karst deposits and paleoclimate significance

1. Moldovan, O.T., Constantin, S., Panaiotu, C., Roban, R.D., Frenzel, P. and Miko, L. (2016) Fossil invertebrates records in cave sediments and paleoenvironmental assessments – a study of four cave sites from Romanian Carpathians. Biogeosciences, 13, pp. 483-497.

Fossil remains as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Robu, M. (2016)  The assessment of the internal architecture of an MIS 3 cave bear bone assemblage. Case study: Urşilor Cave, Western Carpathians, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 444, pp. 115-123.

2. Fu, Q., Posth, C., Hajdinjak, M., Petr, M., Mallick, S., Fernandes, D., Furtwängler, A., Haak, W., Meyer, M., Mittnik, A., Nickel, N., Peltzer, A., Rohland, N., Slon, V., Talamo, S., Lazaridis, I., Lipson, M., Mathieson, I., Schiffels, S., Skoglund, P., Derevianko, A.P., Drozdov, N., Slavinsky, V., Tsybankov, A., Grifoni Cremonesi, R., Mallegni, F., Gély, B., Vacca, E., González Morales, M.R., Straus, L.G., Neugebauer-Maresch, C. Teschler-Nicola, M., Constantin, S., Moldovan, O.T., Benazzi, S., Peresani, M., Coppola, D., Lari, M., Ricci, S., Ronchitelli, A., Valentin, F., Thevenet, C., Wehrberger, K., Grigorescu, D., Rougier, H., Crevecoeur, I., Flas, D., Semal, P., Mannino, M.A., Cupillard, C., Bocherens, H., Conard, N.J., Harvati, K.,, Moiseyev, V., Drucker, D.G., Svoboda, J., Richards, M.P., Caramelli, D., Pinhasi, R., Kelso, J., Patterson, N., Krause, J., Pääbo,S., Reich, D. (2016) The genetic history of Ice Age Europe. Nature, online first, doi:10.1038/nature17993.

3. Robu, M. (2016) Age re-assessment of the cave bear assemblage from Urşilor Cave, north-western Romania. International Journal of Speleology, 45(2), 123-133.

4. Robu, M. (2016) Fossil population structureand mortality analysis of the cave bears from Urşilor Cave, north-westernRomania. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 61 (2): 469–476.

5. Fortes, G.G., Grandal-D'Anglade, A., Kolbe, B., Fernandes, D., Meleg, I.N., Garcia-Vasquez, A., Pinto-Llona, A.C., Constantin, S., De Torres, T.J., Ortiz, J.E., Frischauf, C., Rabeder, G., Hofreiter, M., Barlow, A. (2016) Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears. Molecular Ecology, 25, 19, 4907-4918.

6. Robu, M. Petculescu, A., Mirea, I-C., Kenesz, M., Vlaicu, M., Constantin, S. (2016) Carnivore impact on cave bear bones and the analysis of their dispersion. Case study: Ursilor Cave (NW Romania). Acta Carsologica, 53/3, 263-274.

2015

General works (reference profiles; modeling; theoretic models)

1. Necula, C., Panaiotu, C., Schinteie, G., Palade, P., Kuncser, V. (2015) Reconstruction of superparamagnetic particle grain size distribution from Romanian loess using frequency dependent magnetic susceptibility and temperature dependent Mössbauer spectroscopy. Global and Planetary Change, 131: 89-103.

2. Necula, C., Dimofte, D., Panaiotu, C. (2015) Rock magnetism of a loess-palaeosol sequence from the western Black Sea shore (Romania). Geophysical Journal International, 202: 1733-1748. 

Invertebrate fossil associations from karst deposits and paleoclimate significance

1. Epure, L., Muntean, V., Constantin, S., & Moldovan, O.T. (2015) Ecophysiological groups of bacteria from cave sediments as potential indicators of paleoclimate. Quaternary International, in press (doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.016)

Fossil remains as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Fu, Q., Hajdanjak, M., Moldovan, O.T., Constantin, S. Mallik, S., Skoglud, P., Patterson, N., Rohland, N., Lazaridis, I., Nickel, B. Viola, B., Prufer, K., Meyer, M., Kelso, J., Reich, D. & Paabo, S. (2015) An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor. Nature, June 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14558

2. Robu, M. (2015) The paleontology of the cave bear bone assemblage from Ursilor Cave of Chiscau. Osteometry, Palaeoichnology, Taphonomy, and Stable Isotopes. Ed. Universitara, Bucuresti, 248 p.

2014

Fossil remains as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Webb, D., Robu, M., Moldovan, O. -T., Constantin, S., Tomus, B., Neag, I. (2014) Ancient Human Footprints in Ciur-Izbuc Cave, Romania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

2. Constantin, S. 2014. Fossil remains in karst and their role in reconstructing Quaternary paleoclimates and paleoenvironments. Quaternary International, 339, 1-3.

Speleothems as paleoclimate proxies

1. Dragusin, V., Staubwasser, M., Hoffmann, D.L., Ersek, V., Onac, B.P., Veres, D. (2014) Constraining Holocene hydrological changes in the Carpathian-Balkan region using speleothem d18O and pollen-based temperature reconstructions. Climate of the Past, 10: 1363-1380.

2. Riechelmann, S., Schroder-Ritzrau, A., Wassenburg, J.A., Schreuer, J., Richter, D.K., Riechelmann, D.F.C., Terente, M., Constantin, S., Mangini, A., Immenhauser, A (2014) Physicochemical characteristics of drip waters: Influence on mineralogy and crystal morphology of recent cave carbonate precipitates. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.019.

2013

General works (reference profiles; modeling; theoretic models)

1. Constantin, D.,  Begy R., Vasiliniuc, S., Panaiotu, C.G., Necula, C., Codrea V., and Timar-Gabor, A. (2013) High resolution OSL dating of the Costinesti section (Dobrogea, SE Romania) using fine and coarse quartz. Quaternary International, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.016.

Invertebrate fossil associations from karst deposits and paleoclimate significance

1. Epure, L., Meleg, I.N., Munteanu, C-M., Roban, R.D., Moldovan, O.T. (2013) Bacterial and fungal diversity of Quaternary cave sediments deposits. Geomicrobiology Journal, DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2013.815292.

2. Miko, L., Mourek, J., Meleg, I.N., and Moldovan, O.T. (2013) Oribatid mite fossils from pre-Quaternary sediments in Slovenian caves. II. Amiracarus pliocennatus n.gen., n.sp. (Microzetidae) from Pliocene with comments on the other species of the genus. Zootaxa, 3670, (4), pp. 557-578.

3. Meleg, I.N., Zakšek, V., Fišer, C., Kelemen, B.S. & Moldovan, O.T. (2013) Can environmentpredict cryptic diversity? The case of Niphargus inhabiting Western Carpathian groundwater.

PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076760.

4. Meleg, I.N., Năpăruş, M., Fiers, F., Meleg, H.I., Vlaicu, M., Moldovan, O.T. (2013) The relationships between land cover, climate and cave copepod spatial distribution and suitability along the Carpathians. Environmental Conservation, accepted.

5. Moldovan O.T., Meleg IN, Levei E, Terente M. (2013) A simple method for assessing biotic indicators and predicting biodiversity in the hyporheic zone of a river polluted with metals. Ecological Indicators, 24: 412-420.

6. Meleg, I.N. (2013) Population dynamics of subterranean Crustacea: ecology, genetics and conservation. Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca, 86 p. ISBN 978-973-595-551-9.

Speleothems as paleoclimate proxies

1. Zak, K., Orvosova, M., Filippi, M., Vlcek, L., Onac, B. P.,  Persoiu, A., Rohocek, J., Svetlik, I. (2013) Criogenic cave pearls in the periglacial zones of ice caves. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 83, pp. 207-220.

Fossil remains as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Robu, M., Fortin, J., Richards, M., Schwartz, C., Wynn, J.,  Robbins, C.T., Trinkaus, E. (2013) Isotopic Evidence for Dietary Flexibility among European Late Pleistocene Cave Bears (Ursus spelaeus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91, pp. 227-234.

2. Petculescu, A. (2013) Reconstituiri paleoclimatice pe baza mamiferelor mici din depozite carstice. Studiu de caz - Dobrogea Centrala. Editura AGIR, Bucharest, 186 p. (Paleoclimate reconstructions based on small mammals from karst deposits. Case-study of Central Dobrogea, in Romanian, English extended abstract).

3. Constantin, S., Robu, M., Munteanu, C.-M., Petculescu, A., Vlaicu, M., Mirea, I., Kenesz, M., Dragusin, V., Hoffman, D., Anechitei, V., Timar-Gabor, A., Roban, R., Panaiotu, C.-G. (2013) Reconstructing the evolution of cave systems as a key to understanding the taphonomy of fossil accumulations: The case of Urşilor Cave (Western Carpathians, Romania). Quaternary International in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.012.  

2012

General works (reference profiles; modeling; theoretic models)

1. Necula, C.,  Panaiotu, C.G., Heslop, D. and Dimofte, D. (2012) Climatic control of magnetic granulometry in the Mircea Voda loess/paleosolsequence (Dobrogea, Romania). Quaternary International, 293, 5-14. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.043.

2. Necula, C. and Panaiotu, C. (2012) Rock magnetic properties of a loess-paleosols complex from Mircea Voda (Romania). Romanian Reports in Physics, 64, 2, pp. 516-527.

3. Moldovan, O.T., Meleg, I.N., Persoiu, A. (2012) Habitat fragmentation and its effects on groundwater populations. Ecohydrology, 5, pp.445-452.

4. Meleg I.N., Fiers F., Robu M., Moldovan O.T. (2012) Distribution patterns of subsurface copepods and the impact of environmental parameters. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 42, pp. 156-164.

Invertebrate fossil associations from karst deposits and paleoclimate significance

1. Miko, L., Mourek, J., Meleg, I.N., Moldovan, O.T. (2012) Oribatid mite fossils from Quaternary and pre-Quaternary sediments in Slovenian caves I. Two new genera and two new species of the family Oppiidae from the Early Pleistocene. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, B, 68, 1-2, pp. 23-34.

Cave ice as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Persoiu, A., Onac, B.P. 2012: Ice in Caves. In: Encyclopedia of Caves 2nd ed., (White, W.B. & Culver, D., eds.), Academic Press, New York, 399-404.

Multi-proxy studies (Pestera cu Oase monograph)

1. Trinkaus, E., Constantin, S., and Zilhão, J. Eds. (2012) Life and Death at thePestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe. Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9.

2. Stefan Milota, Mircea Gherase, Laurentiu Sarcina, Ricardo Rodrigo, Oana Moldovan, Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, João Zilhão (2012) Exploration and Documentation of the Pestera cu Oase, in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 5-15.

2. João Zilhão, Stefan Milota, Ricardo Rodrigo, Silviu Constantin, Erik Trinkaus (2012) Problems, Approaches and Fieldwork: 2004-2005. in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 16-30.

3. Silviu Constantin (2012) The Karst Geology of the Ponor-Plopa System in its Regional Context. in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 33-40.

4. Silviu Constantin, Cristian-Mihai Munteanu, Stefan Milota, Laurentiu Sarcina, Mircea Gherase, João Zilhão (2012) The Ponor-Plopa Cave System: Description, Sediments, and Genesis. in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 41-55.

5. Silviu Constantin, Stein-Erik Lauritzen (2012) Uranium-Series Dating on Speleothems from the Pestera cu Oase. in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 56-72.

6. Cristian Panaiotu, Silviu Constantin, Catalin Petrea, Viorel Horoi, Cristina-Emilia Panaiotu (2012) Rock Magnetic Data of Late Pleistocene sediments from the Pestera cu Oase and their Paleoclimatic Significance. in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 86-99.

7. Silviu Constantin, João Zilhão, Erik Trinkaus (2012) The Paleoenvironmental Context of the Pestera cu Oase. in Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.) Oxford University Press USA, 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9; pp: 385-388.

8. Emil Stiuca, Alexandru Petculescu (2012) Hyena, Wolves and Foxes from the Pestera cu Oase, pp. 167-184. In Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.), 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9.

9. Alexandru Petculescu (2012) Small Mammal Remains from the Pestera cu Oase, pp. 185-188. In Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase. A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, and João Zilhão, Eds.), 438 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-539822-9.

2011

General works (reference profiles; modeling)

1. Rimbu, N. and Lohmann, G. (2011) Winter and summer blocking variability in the North Atlantic region – evidence from long-term observational and proxy data from southwestern Greenland. Climate of the Past, 7, pp. 543-555.

2. Feurdean, A., Tamas, T., Tantau, I. and Farcas, S. (2011) Elevational variation in regional vegetation responses to late-glacial climate changes in the Carpathians. Journal of Biogeography, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02605.x

Cave ice as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Feurdean, A., Persoiu, A., Pazdur, A. and Onac, B.P. (2011) Evaluating the paleoecological potential of pollen recovered from ice in caves: A case study from Scarisoara Ice Cave, Romania.Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 165, pp.1-10.

2. Rimbu, N., Onac, B.P., and Racovita, G. (2011) Large-scale anomaly patterns associated to temperature variability inside Scarisoara Ice cave. Int. J. Climatol., 31, in press, DOI: 10.1002/joc2369 .

Fossil remains as a paleoclimate proxy

1. Robu, M., Petculescu, A., Panaiotu, C., Doeppes, D., Vlaicu, M., Dragusin, V., Kenesz, M., Moldovan, O.T., and Constantin, S. (2011) New insights on the cave bear population from the Ursilor Cave, Romania. Quaternaire, 4, pp. 107-116.

Invertebrate fossil associations from karst deposits and paleoclimate significance

1. Moldovan, O.T., Mihevc, A., Miko, L., Constantin, S., Meleg, I.N., Petculescu, A., Bosak, P. (2011) Invertebrate fossils from cave sediments: a new proxy for pre-Quaternary paleoenvironments. Biogeosciences, 8, pp. 1825-1837. DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1825-2011 

2010

General works (reference profiles; modeling)

1. Timar Gabor, A., Vandenberghe, D.A.G., Vasiliniuc, S., Panaoitu, C.E., Panaiotu, C.G., Dimofte, D., and Cosma, C. (2010) Optical dating of Romanian loess: A comparison between silt-sized and sandsized quartz. Quaternary International, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.007.

2. Vasiliniuc, S.,  Timar Gabor, A., Vandenberghe, D.A.G., Panaiotu, C.G., Begy, R. Cs., and Cosma, C. A high resolution optical dating study of the Mostiştea loess-palaeosol sequence (SE Romania) using sand-sized quartz. Geochronometria, doi:// 10.2478/s13386-011-0007-8.

3. Dima, M. and Lohmann, G. (2011) Hysteresis behavior of the Atlantic ocean circulation identified in observational data. J. of Climate. 24, 2, pp. 397-403. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3467.1