TABLE 3 in The small vertebrate assemblages from the Aurignacian deposits of the Mas d'Azil cave (Ariège, France): new data for the understanding of the MIS 3 environmental changes in the Pyrenees

TABLE 3. — Definition and values of the Climatic Restriction Index (CRI) applied to the micromammals of the Aurignacian levels of the Mas d’Azil cave (according to Royer et al. 2020).
ClimateBiomeIVwinter rain and summer droughtIVSclerophyllous woodland-shrublandVITypical temperateVINemoral broadleaf-deciduous forestVIIArid-temperateVIISteppe to cold desertVIIICold-temperate (Boreal)VIIIBoreal coniferous forest (Taïga)IXArcticIXTundraIVVIVIIVIII IXUS 4 and 50.753.5830.51.583 0.583