Vegetation response in subtropical southwest China to rapid climate change during the Younger Dryas

X Chen, D Wu, X Huang, F Lv, M Brenner, H **… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigations of past biotic responses to rapid climate shifts are useful for develo**
biological scenarios that may result from future climate change. In this context, the Younger …

Temperature controls on the C4 plants expansion in the mid-latitudes and its ecological implications for dryland paleoclimatic reconstruction: A stable carbon isotope …

P Wu, Y **e, Y Chi, Y Wang, R Liu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the dynamic evolution of vegetation and its forcing mechanisms in
the mid-latitude zone is critical to understanding how climate change modulates …

500‐Year Periodic Vegetation and Monsoonal Climate Oscillations During the Last Deglaciation in East Asia

D Xu, G Chu, C Shen, Q Sun, J Wu, F Li… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluctuations in monsoonal climate on orbital‐to millennial‐timescales have had a major
impact on vegetation change in East Asia since the last deglaciation. However, the influence …

Fast response of vegetation in East Asia to abrupt climatic events during the last deglaciation

D Xu, H Lu, G Chu, C Shen, Q Sun, J Wu, F Li… - PNAS …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate changes had major impacts on the vegetation of East Asia during the last
deglaciation. However, the rate and pattern of vegetation succession in response to large …

Comparison of molecular distributions and carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions of n-alkanes from aquatic plants in shallow freshwater lakes along the middle …

X Yu, X Lü, PA Meyers, X Huang - Organic Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Leaf wax n-alkanes in lacustrine sequences have been widely applied for reconstructions of
Late Quaternary paleoclimate histories. Such applications depend on knowledge of the …

Comparison of n-alkane molecular, carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions of different types of plants in the Dajiuhu peatland, central China

B Zhao, Y Zhang, X Huang, R Qiu, Z Zhang… - Organic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Long chain n-alkanes preserved in peat deposits have been widely used to reconstruct
paleoenvironmental and paleoecological changes. However, our knowledge of how the leaf …

Relationship Between C4 Biomass and C4 Agriculture During the Holocene and its Implications for Millet Domestication in Northeast China

J Wang, X Zhou, H Xu, J Liu, Q Yang… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of C4 agriculture in China, foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and common millet
(Panicum miliaceum), remains unclear. Here we conducted a comprehensive geochemical …

Mid-late Holocene maar lake-mire transition in northeast China triggered by hydroclimatic variability

M Zhang, Z Bu, M Jiang, S Wang, S Liu, Q **… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The density of maar lake type peatlands in the Changbai Mountain areas, northeast (NE)
China is among the highest in the world. These deposition systems include both peat and …

Pollen evidence for a wet Younger Dryas in northern NE China

X Liu, X Zhou, T Zhan, X Zhou, H Wu, S Jiang, L Tu… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
The regional expression of moisture conditions during the Younger Dryas (YD) event and its
forcing mechanism in northeastern (NE) China are controversial and more evidence is …

Leaf wax -alkane patterns and compound-specific of plants and topsoils from semi-arid and arid Mongolia

J Struck, M Bliedtner, P Strobel, J Schumacher… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Leaf wax n-alkane patterns and their compound-specific δ 13 C signatures are valuable
proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. So far, their potential has not been …