Journal articles | Ecology of the past

A Late Pleistocene coastal ecosystem in French Guiana was hyperdiverse relative to today

March 26, 2024
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Antoine, P., Wieringa, L.N., Adnet, S., Aguilera, O., Bodin, S.C., Cairns, S., Conejeros-Vargas, C., Cornée, J., Ežerinskis, Ž, Fietzke, J., Gribenski, N.O., Grouard, S., Hendy, A., Hoorn, C., Joannes-Boyau, R., Langer, M.R., Luque, J., Marivaux, L., Moissette, P., Nooren, K., Quillévéré, F., Šapolaitė, J., Sciumbata, M., Valla, P.G., Witteveen, N.H., Casanova, A., Clavier, S., Bidgrain, P., Gallay, M., Rhoné, M. & Heuret, A. (2024) A Late Pleistocene coastal ecosystem in French Guiana was hyperdiverse relative to today. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, e2311597121. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2311597121

Wet and dry events influenced colonization of a mid-elevation Andean forest

March 5, 2024
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Sales, R.A., McMichael, C.N.H., Peterson, L.C., Stanley, A., Bennett, I., Jones, T.E., Walker, A.S., Mulhearn, M., Nelson, A., Moore, C., O’Connor, M., Sinkler, W., Banner, C., Church, W., VanValkenburgh, P. & Bush, M.B. (2024) Wet and dry events influenced colonization of a mid-elevation Andean forest. Quaternary Science Reviews 327, 108518. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108518

Floristic homogenization of South Pacific islands commenced with human arrival

January 17, 2024
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Strandberg, N.A., Steinbauer, M.J., Walentowitz, A., Gosling, W.D., Fall, P.L., Prebble, M., Stevenson, J., Wilmshurst, J.M., Sear, D.A., Langdon, P.G., Edwards, M.E. & Nogué, S. (2024) Floristic homogenization of South Pacific islands commenced with human arrival. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02306-3

An age-depth model for Lake Bosumtwi (Ghana) to reconstruct one million years of West African climate and environmental change

January 8, 2024
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Vinnepand, M., Zeeden, C., Wonik, T., Gosling, W.D., Noren, A., Kück, J., Pierdominici, S., Voigt, S., Abadi, M.S., Ulfers, A., Danour, S., Afrifa, K. & Kaboth-Bahr, S. (2024) An age-depth model for Lake Bosumtwi (Ghana) to reconstruct one million years of West African climate and environmental change. Quaternary Science Reviews 325, 108478. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108478

Determinants of above-ground carbon stocks and productivity in secondary forests along a 3000-m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes

November 6, 2023
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Pinto, E., Cuesta, F., Bernardi, A., Llerena-Zambrano, M., Pérez, ÁJ., van der Sande, M.T., Gosling, W.D. & Burgess, K.S. (2023) Determinants of above-ground carbon stocks and productivity in secondary forests along a 3000-m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. Plant Ecology & Diversity DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2023.2274844

Spatial and temporal abilities of proxies used to detect pre-Columbian Indigenous human activity in Amazonian ecosystems

November 2, 2023
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McMichael, C.N.H., Levis, C., Gosling, W.D., Junqueira, A.B., Piperno, D.R., Neves, E.G., Mayle, F., Peña-Claros, M. & Bongers, F. (2023) Spatial and temporal abilities of proxies used to detect pre-Columbian Indigenous human activity in Amazonian ecosystems. Quaternary Science Reviews 321, 108354. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108354

Grass pollen surface ornamentation is diverse across the phylogeny

September 28, 2023
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Wei, C., Jardine, P.E., Mao, L., Mander, L., Li, M., Gosling, W.D. & Hoorn, C. (2023) Grass pollen surface ornamentation is diverse across the phylogeny: Evidence from northern South America and the global literature. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/jse.13021

Charcoal abundance measurements are affected by freeze-drying

September 11, 2023
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Nascimento, M.N., Beltran, J., Bressers, C., van Delft, J., Vermeulen, J., de Ron, S., Bruijn, A., Raczka, M.F., Maezumi, S.Y., Gosling, W.D., Bush, M.B. & McMichael, C.N.H. (2023) Charcoal abundance measurements are affected by freeze-drying. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 629, 111790. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111790

Unlocking the wealth of Dutch pollen data for future research and education

September 8, 2023
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de Wolf, I.K., Donders, T.H., Hoek, W.Z., Gouw-Bouman, M. & Giesecke, T. (2023) Unlocking the wealth of Dutch pollen data for future research and education. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-023-00951-z

Fire in the clouds

August 29, 2023
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Nascimento, M.d.N., McMichael, C.N.H., Kleijwegt, Z., Åkesson, C., Gredal, C., Maezumi, S.Y., Bush, M.B. & Gosling, W.D. (2023) Fire in the clouds: How changing land use shaped an Andean biodiversity hotspot. Quaternary Science Reviews 317, 108278. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108278