Palaeoecological records suggest that humans have been in the Andes since at least 14
000 years ago. Early human impacts on Andean ecosystems included an increase in fire …

North central Chile is located at an important climatic transition zone between humid
conditions under the influence of the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds in the south and …

Fire activity has varied globally and continuously since the last glacial maximum (LGM) in
response to long-term changes in global climate and shorter-term regional changes in …

A continuous 48,000-year-long paleoecological record from Neotropical lower montane
forest reveals a consistent forest presence and an ice-age cooling of∼ 5° to 9° C. After …

Sedimentological, geochemical and palynological data from Wulungu Lake in northern
**njiang, China, are used to reconstruct environmental and climate changes since 9550 cal …

The increasing aridity during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has been proposed as a
major factor affecting Neotropical species. The character and intensity of this change …

The local last glacial maximum in the tropical Andes was earlier and less extensive than
previously thought, based on 106 cosmogenic ages (from beryllium-10 dating) from …

While large-scale pre-Columbian human occupation and ecological disturbance have been
demonstrated close to major Amazonian waterways, less is known of sites in terra firme …

Plant macrofossils from 33 rodent middens sampled at three sites between 2910 and 3150
m elevation in the main canyon of the Río Salado, northern Chile, yield a unique record of …

Geological events of biological importance in the history of the Andes include their impact on
global climates through an influence on atmospheric circulation, rainfall patterns, and the …