Tag: Holocene

Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

Posted on August 30, 2018 by WDG

Nolan, C., Overpeck, J.T., Allen, J.R.M., Anderson, P.M., Betancourt, J.L., Binney, H.A., Brewer, S., Bush, M.B., Chase, B.M., Cheddadi, R., Djamali, M., Dodson, J., Edwards, M.E., Gosling, W.D., Haberle, S., Hotchkiss, S.C., Huntley, B., Ivory, S.J., Kershaw, A.P., Kim, S., Latorre, C., Leydet, M.,…

Category: Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: biodiversity, Climate change, community climate system model, composition, direct observations, emission scenario, expert assessment, Future, glacial-to-interglacial, global change, greenhouse gas, high emissions scenario, Holocene, Jackson, last glacial maximum, LGM, macrofossil, models, Nolan, Overpeck, palaeoecology, paleoecology, past, planetry-scale, pollen, structure, temperature, terrestrial ecosystems, transformation, vegetation

Polylepis woodland dynamics during the last 20,000 years

Posted on March 23, 2018 by WDG

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Valencia, B.G., Bush, M.B., Coe, A.L., Elizabeth, O. & Gosling, W.D. (2018) Polylepis woodland dynamics during the last 20,000 years. Journal of Biogeography online. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13209

Category: Bryan Valencia, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: Andes, biogeography, charcoal, Climate change, dynamics, endemism, fossil, Holocene, human impact, hyper-fragmented, interglacial, natural fires, pollen, Polylepis, Quaternary, woodland

Tribute to Daniel Livingstone and Paul Colinvaux

Posted on January 26, 2018 by WDG

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Mark Bush and I are proud to announce that a tribute to Prof. Daniel Livingston and Prof. Paul Colinvaux has recently been published in Quaternary Research. Dan and Paul were both pioneers of tropical pal(a)eoecology and both died in the spring of 2016 ….

Category: Journal articles, News, Publications, William GoslingTags: Africa, African humid period, Amazon, Andean, Andean flank, Andes, Brazil, Cameroon, central Africa, Daniel Livingstone, Derek Booth, diatoms, East Africa, extinction, forest, fragmentation, fungal, glacial, Holocene, Humans, Ice Age, igapo, Lake Edward, Lake Ejagham, Mark Bush, megafauna, montane forest, Neotropics, non pollen palynomorphs, NPP, NPPs, palaeoecology, Palaeotropics, paleoecology, Paul Colinvaux, pollen, Quaternary Research, Rio Negro, South America, Special Issue, tribute, tropics, Zambia

Evidence of early cultivation around the globe

Posted on October 24, 2017 by WDG

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Two recent articles published in the journal Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, which caught my attention as an Associate Editor, explore early cultivation in Argentina and Czech Republic: Lopez (2017) examine macro-botanical remains from 16 archaeological sites in Argentina and concludes that the transition from foraging…

Category: Reading, William GoslingTags: Argentina, charcoal, Chech Republic, Cultivation, domestication, Holocene, macrofossils, Phytoliths, pollen, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany

Vegetation History & Archaeobotany

Posted on February 12, 2017 by WDG

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I am delighted to report that I have recently been appointed as an Associate Editor for the journal Vegetation History & Archaeobotany (VHA). The journals scope is global and covers Quaternary environmental and climatic change, with a specific focus on the Holocene and pre-historic…

Category: News, William GoslingTags: Amazonia, archaeology, Argentina, Brazil, dry forest, glacial, Holocene, Humans, interglacial, last glacial maximum, modern pollen, orbital, palaeoecology, paleoecology, Pleistocene, pollen, pre-historic, precipitation, Quaternary, research articles, review articles, short articles, South America, temperature, vegetation, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, VHA

Inferring late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference model

Posted on June 1, 2016 by WDG

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Matthews-Bird, F., Brooks, S.J., Holden, P.B., Montoya, E. & Gosling, W.D. (2016) Inferring late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference model. Climate of the Past 12, 1263-1280. DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016

Category: Encarni Montoya, Frazer Bird, Journal articles, William GoslingTags: Andes, Bayesian, calibration, chironomids, climate, Ecuador, environmental variables, fossil, Holocene, Laguna Pindo, MAP, MAT, Neotropics, palaeotemperatures, precipitation, South America, temperature, transfer function, weighted average

Late Holocene vegetation and ocean variability in the Gulf of Oman

Posted on May 24, 2016 by WDG

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Miller, C.S., Leroy, S.A.G., Collins, P.E.F. & Lahijani, H.A.K. (2016) Late Holocene vegetation and ocean variability in the Gulf of Oman. Quaternary Science Reviews 143, 120-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.010

Category: Charlotte Miller, Journal articlesTags: Dinoflagellates, Gulf of Oman, Holocene, Iran, Little Ice Age, Medieval Climate Anomaly, Oman, pollen, Sassanid period, vegetation

Recent reading

Posted on February 22, 2016 by WDG

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Lahr, M.M. et al. (2016) Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya. Nature 529, 394-398. doi: 10.1038/nature16477 Rademaker, K., Hodgins, G., Moore, K., Zarrillo, S., Miller, C., Bromley, G.R.M., Leach, P., Reid, D.A., Yepez Alvarez, W. & Sandweiss, D.H. (2014) Paleoindian…

Category: Reading, William GoslingTags: Andes, archaeology, Bronze Age, Fire, folk tales, folktales, forest, Holocene, hunter-gatherer, people, Peru, phylogenetic, savanna, savannah, Turkana, violence

Quantifying late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference model

Posted on January 21, 2016 by WDG

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Our latest manuscript has just been made available, via Climate of the Past Discussions, for comment and review. Click here to check it out. We look forward to hearing what people think. Quantifying late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference…

Category: Frazer Bird, William GoslingTags: Bayesian, chironomids, Ecuador, Holocene, Laguna Pindo, LIA, Little Ice Age, non-biteing midges, precipitation, solar output, temperature, transfer function, transfer functions, weighted average

Terrestrial biosphere changes over the last 120 kyr

Posted on January 18, 2016 by WDG

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Published open access: Hoogakker, B.A.A., Smith, R.S., Singarayer, J.S., Marchant, R., Prentice, I.C., Allen, J.R.M., Anderson, R.S., Bhagwat, S.A., Behling, H., Borisova, O., Bush, M., Correa-Metrio, A., de Vernal, A., Finch, J.M., Frechette, B., Lozano-Garcia, S., Gosling, W.D., Granoszewski, W., Grimm, E.C., Gruger, E.,…

Category: Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: 40000 years, Africa, Alan Graham, Asia, Australasia, BIOME4, biomization, bioshere, climate model, Europe, FAMOUS, HadCM3, Holocene, Marine Isotope Stage, MIS3, MIS4, MIS5e, Net primary productivity, North America, NPP, Pre-Industrial, terrestrial

Recent reading

Posted on January 10, 2016 by WDG

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In the news: Jonathan Amos (2016) ‘Case is made’ for Anthropogenic Epoch. BBC News: Science & Environment. Scientific publications: Sarmiento, F.O. (2002) Anthropogenic change in the landscapes of highland Ecuador. Geographical Review 92, 213-234. doi: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2002.tb00005.x Swindles, G.T., Lamentowicz, M., Reczuga, M. & Galloway,…

Category: Reading, William GoslingTags: Andes, Anthropocene, Apthropogenic Epoch, bird, change, Ecuador, habitat, highlands, Holocene, La Chimba, Landscape, palaeoecology, paleoecology, peatland, testate amoebae, trade, tropical

Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen Database

Posted on October 20, 2015 by WDG

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Open access online: Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Grimm, E.C., Behling, H., Bush, M.B., González-Arango, C., Gosling, W.D., Ledru, M., Lozano-García, S., Maldonado, A., Prieto, A.R., Rull, V. & Van Boxel, J.H. Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen Database. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology…

Category: Journal articles, Suzette Flantua, William GoslingTags: Age control density, Amazon, Andes, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Centra America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, fossil pollen, geochronology, Holocene, LAPD, Latin America, literature, modern pollen, Neotoma, Neotropics, open access, Paraguay, Patagonia, Peru, Pleistocene, Pollen analysis, pollen database, Publication history, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, RPP, Site distribution patterns, South America, Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen, Venuzuela, Younger Dryas

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