Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years ago

Climate of the Past

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 725-767

  Marchant, R ^a   Cleef, A ^b   Harrison, S P ^c   Hooghiemstra, H ^b   Markgraf, V ^d   Van Boxel, J ^b   Ager, T ^e   Almeida, L ^f   Anderson, R ^g   Baied, C ^g   Behling, H ^h   Berrio, J C ⁱ   Burbridge, R ⁱ   BjorckS ^j   Byrne, R ^k   Bush, M ^l   Duivenvoorden, J ^b   Flenley, J ^m   De Oliveira, P ⁿ   Van Gee, B ^k   Graf, K ^o   Gosling, W D ^p   Harbele, S ^q   Van Der Hammen, T ^r   Hansen, B ^s   Horn, S ^t   Kuhry, P ^u   Ledru, M P ^v   Mayle, F ^w   Leyden, B ^x   Lozano Garcia S ^f   Melief, A M ^w   Moreno, P ^y   Moar, N T ^z   Prieto, A ^aa   Van Reenen, G ^b   Salgado Labouriau, M ^ab   Schabitz F ^ac   Schreve Brinkman, E J ^w   Wille, M ^ad   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^m MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^r Fundacion Tropenbos Colombia   (Colombia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^v INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^w Geography Building ^*  (Netherlands)

^x UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^z New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research   (New Zealand)

^aa UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFACT; BIOME; DRY FOREST; MIXED FOREST; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 77949489164     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-5-725-2009     Document Type: Article

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