Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation, fire and climate history in central-western Tasmania (41° S), Australia, over the last∼ 21,000 years

WI Henríquez, MS Fletcher, A Romano - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
We present high resolution pollen and macroscopic charcoal records from Basin Lake, a
relatively small mid-latitude (42° S) lake located in central-western Tasmania, Australia, to …

[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 …

Climate change reduces resilience to fire in subalpine rainforests

M Mariani, MS Fletcher, S Haberle, H Chin… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is affecting the distribution of species and the functioning of ecosystems. For
species that are slow growing and poorly dispersed, climate change can force a lag …

The curse of conservation: Empirical evidence demonstrating that changes in land-use legislation drove catastrophic bushfires in Southeast Australia

A Laming, MS Fletcher, A Romano, R Mullett, S Connor… - Fire, 2022 - mdpi.com
Protecting “wilderness” and removing human involvement in “nature” was a core pillar of the
modern conservation movement through the 20th century. Conservation approaches and …

Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness

MS Fletcher, A Romano, A Lisé‐Pronovost… - Geographical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we explore the profound impact of the Tasmanian Aboriginal (Palawa) people on
Tasmanian landscapes by examining a 22,000‐year record of landscape change from Lake …

Indigenous fire-managed landscapes in Southeast Australia during the Holocene—new insights from the Furneaux Group Islands, Bass Strait

MA Adeleye, SG Haberle, SE Connor, J Stevenson… - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
Indigenous land use and climate have shaped fire regimes in southeast Australia during the
Holocene, although their relative influence remains unclear. The archaeologically attested …

Background concentrations of mercury in Australian freshwater sediments: The effect of catchment characteristics on mercury deposition

A Lintern, L Schneider, K Beck, M Mariani… - Elem Sci …, 2020 - online.ucpress.edu
Waterways in the Southern Hemisphere, including on the Australian continent, are facing
increasing levels of mercury contamination due to industrialization, agricultural …

Centennial and millennial‐scale dynamics in AraucariaNothofagus forests in the southern Andes

B Dickson, MS Fletcher, TL Hall… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess the relative roles of long‐term (millennial‐scale) climatic change, fire and
volcanic disturbance on the dynamics of Araucaria–Nothofagus forests of south‐central …

The long-term impacts of climate and fire on catchment processes and aquatic ecosystem response in Tasmania, Australia

KK Beck, MS Fletcher, PS Gadd, H Heijnis… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impacts of fire and climate on freshwater ecosystems are not well understood, masking
the potential impacts of anthropogenic climate change on these systems. A 9200 year …