The Last Interglacial–Glacial cycle (MIS 5–2) re-examined based on long proxy records from central and northern Europe

KF Helmens - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Current multi-proxy studies on a long sediment sequence preserved at Sokli (N Finland), ie
in the central area of Fennoscandian glaciations, are drastically changing classic ideas of …

Modern pollen distributions in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the development of transfer functions for reconstructing Holocene environmental changes

H Lu, N Wu, K Liu, L Zhu, X Yang, T Yao… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
This study investigates the distribution of modern pollen assemblages in the Qinghai-
Tibetan Plateau, China, based on surface soil samples collected at 1202 sites along an …

The Holocene temperature conundrum answered by mollusk records from East Asia

Y Dong, N Wu, F Li, D Zhang, Y Zhang, C Shen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Seasonal biases (the warm-season contribution) of Holocene mean annual temperature
(MAT) reconstructions from geological records were proposed as a possible cause of the …

[書籍][B] Reconstructing quaternary environments

JJ Lowe, M Walker - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Partial least squares regression as an alternative to current regression methods used in ecology

LM Carrascal, I Galván, O Gordo - Oikos, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper briefly presents the aims, requirements and results of partial least squares
regression analysis (PLSR), and its potential utility in ecological studies. This statistical …

[PDF][PDF] Strengths and weaknesses of quantitative climate reconstructions based on late-Quaternary biological proxies

HJB Birks, O Heiri, H Seppä, AE Bjune - Open Ecology Journal, 2011 - boris.unibe.ch
The importance of reconstructing past environments quantitatively in palaeoecology is
reviewed by showing that many ecological questions asked of palaeoecological data …

Quantitative environmental reconstructions from biological data

S Juggins, HJB Birks - … environmental change using lake sediments: Data …, 2012 - Springer
Quantitative reconstructions of past environmental conditions (eg, pH) are an important part
of palaeolimnology. Such reconstructions involve three steps:(1) the development of a …

Last nine-thousand years of temperature variability in Northern Europe

H Seppä, AE Bjune, RJ Telford, HJB Birks… - Climate of the …, 2009 - cp.copernicus.org
The threat of future global warming has generated a major interest in quantifying past
climate variability on centennial and millennial time-scales. However, palaeoclimatological …

Temperature and precipitation history of the Arctic

GH Miller, J Brigham-Grette, RB Alley… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
As the planet cooled from peak warmth in the early Cenozoic, extensive Northern
Hemisphere ice sheets developed by 2.6 Ma ago, leading to changes in the circulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Pollen-based quantitative reconstruction of Holocene climate changes in the Daihai Lake area, Inner Mongolia, China

Q Xu, J **ao, Y Li, F Tian, T Nakagawa - Journal of Climate, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Vegetation around the Daihai Lake, northern China, is very sensitive to climate
changes. In this paper, pollen-based quantitative climate reconstructions using three …