Quaternary palaeoecology and nature conservation: A general review with examples from the neotropics

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2361-2388

  Vegas Vilarrubia T ^a   Rull, V ^b   Montoya, E ^b,c   Safont, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abrupt changes; Biotic responses; Global change; Gradual changes; Human disturbance; Long term ecology; Palaeoclimates; Past analogues; Resilience; Threshold responses; Tropical America

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; BIOTIC RESPONSES; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRADUAL CHANGES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; LONG-TERM ECOLOGY; PALAEOCLIMATES; PAST ANALOGUES; RESILIENCE; THRESHOLD RESPONSES; TROPICAL AMERICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; FIRES; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCLIMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CIVILIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; REFUGIUM; SUCCESSION; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL REGION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 80051886597     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.006     Document Type: Review

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