The evolution of extant South American tropical biomes

C Jaramillo - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review explores the evolution of extant South American tropical biomes, focusing on
when and why they developed. Tropical vegetation experienced a radical transformation …

[HTML][HTML] Rainforest response to glacial terminations before and after human arrival in Lutruwita (Tasmania)

S Cooley, MS Fletcher, A Lisé-Pronovost… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Limited understanding of how Indigenous people have created and managed the Australian
landscape continues to have repercussions on how landscapes are culturally interpreted …

Late Quaternary vegetation and climate dynamics in central‐eastern Brazil: insights from a ~35k cal a bp peat record in the Cerrado biome

I Horák‐Terra, AM Cortizas, CFP Da Luz… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The late Quaternary evolution of central‐eastern Brazil has been under‐researched.
Questions remain as to the origin of the Cerrado, a highly endangered biome, and other …

An extended last glacial maximum in the Southern Hemisphere: A contribution to the SHeMax project

LM Petherick, J Knight, J Shulmeister, H Bostock… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proxy records from across the Southern Hemisphere show significant local to regional scale
variability in climatic and environmental conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 and …

Floristic change in Brazil's Southern Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot: From the last glacial maximum to the late 21st century

OJ Wilson, FE Mayle, RJ Walters, DV Lingner… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Brazil's Atlantic Forest biome is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, whose
heterogeneous ecosystems are threatened by habitat loss and climate change …

Fluvial aggradation and incision in the Brazilian tropical semi-arid: Climate-controlled landscape evolution of the São Francisco River

PC Mescolotti, F do Nascimento Pupim… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large rivers are dynamic systems whose evolution depends on both internal and external
forcing, particularly tectonics, sea level, and climate. Associating fluvial responses to a …

The southern Brazilian tropical forest during the penultimate Pleistocene glaciation and its termination

AMC Aviles, MP Ledru… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To describe the composition of the penultimate glacial Brazilian Atlantic forest, we analyzed
pollen, charcoal and diatoms deposited in the section from 871 to 1400 cm of core CO14 …

Alternate Atlantic forest and climate phases during the early Pleistocene 41 kyr cycles in southeastern Brazil

PA Rodríguez-Zorro, MP Ledru, C Favier, E Bard… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The early Pleistocene was driven by 41 kyr glacial cycles that have been rarely
characterized in continental records, especially in South America. Most of long-term records …

Mammal taphonomy from a singular Late Pleistocene debris‐flow tank deposit in northeastern Brazil

LC De Andrade, ÉV Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An integrated taphonomic analysis was applied to a tank deposit from the Zabelê
Palaeontological Site (ZPS) in northeast Brazil. The unique sedimentological evidence …

Southern hemisphere fire history since the late glacial, reconstructed from an Antarctic sediment core

A Chen, L Yang, H Kang, Y Gao, Z **e - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, devastating fires have caused social disruptions and huge economic losses.
Understanding the relationship between natural fires and climate is helpful for predicting …