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1. Assessing changes in global fire regimes

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Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara, Abbott, Benjamin W., Vannière, Boris, Leys, Bérangère, Colombaroli, Daniele, Romera, Graciela Gil, Słowiński, Michał, Aleman, Julie C., Blarquez, Olivier, Feurdean, Angelica, Brown, Kendrick, Aakala, Tuomas, Alenius, Teija, Allen, Kathryn, Andric, Maja, Bergeron, Yves, Biagioni, Siria, Bradshaw, Richard, Bremond, Laurent, Brisset, Elodie, Brooks, Joseph, Brugger, Sandra O., Brussel, Thomas, Cadd, Haidee, Cagliero, Eleonora, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carter, Vachel, Catry, Filipe X., Champreux, Antoine, Chaste, Emeline, Chavardès, Raphaël Daniel, Chipman, Melissa, Conedera, Marco, Connor, Simon, Constantine, Mark, Courtney Mustaphi, Colin, Dabengwa, Abraham N., Daniels, William, De Boer, Erik, Dietze, Elisabeth, Estrany, Joan, Fernandes, Paulo, Finsinger, Walter, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Fox-Hughes, Paul, Gaboriau, Dorian M., M.Gayo, Eugenia, Girardin, Martin. P., Glenn, Jeffrey, Glückler, Ramesh, González-Arango, Catalina, Groves, Mariangelica, Hamilton, Douglas S., Hamilton, Rebecca Jenner, Hantson, Stijn, Hapsari, K. Anggi, Hardiman, Mark, Hawthorne, Donna, Hoffman, Kira, Inoue, Jun, Karp, Allison T., Krebs, Patrik, Kulkarni, Charuta, Kuosmanen, Niina, Lacourse, Terri, Ledru, Marie-Pierre, Lestienne, Marion, Long, Colin, López-Sáez, José Antonio, Loughlin, Nicholas, Niklasson, Mats, Madrigal, Javier, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mariani, Michela, McWethy, David, Meyer, Grant, Molinari, Chiara, Montoya, Encarni, Mooney, Scott, Morales-Molino, Cesar, Morris, Jesse, Moss, Patrick, Oliveras, Imma, Pereira, José Miguel, Pezzatti, Gianni Boris, Pickarski, Nadine, Pini, Roberta, Rehn, Emma, Remy, Cécile C., Revelles, Jordi, Rius, Damien, Robin, Vincent, Ruan, Yanming, Rudaya, Natalia, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Seppä, Heikki, Shumilovskikh, Lyudmila, T.Sommers, William, Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, Umbanhowar, Charles, Urquiaga, Erickson, Urrego, Dunia, Vachula, Richard S., Wallenius, Tuomo, You, Chao, and Daniau, Anne-Laure

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2024
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2. Cultural Burning

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David, Bruno, Fletcher, Michael-Shawn, Connor, Simon, Pullin, Virginia Ruth, Birkett-Rees, Jessie, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Mariani, Michela, Romano, Anthony, and Maezumi, S. Yoshi

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2024
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6. Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths

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Lombardo, Umberto, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Schmidt, Morgan, Huisman, Hans, Lima, Helena P., de Paula Moraes, Claide, Neves, Eduardo G., Clement, Charles R., Aires da Fonseca, João, de Almeida, Fernando Ozorio, Vieira Alho, Carlos Francisco Brazão, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brown, George G., Cavallini, Marta S., Lima da Costa, Marcondes, Cunha, Luís, dos Anjos, Lúcia Helena C., Denevan, William M., Fausto, Carlos, Fernandes Caromano, Caroline, Fontana, Ademir, Franchetto, Bruna, Glaser, Bruno, Heckenberger, Michael J., Hecht, Susanna, Honorato, Vinicius, Jarosch, Klaus A., Braga Junqueira, André, Kater, Thiago, Tamanaha, Eduardo K., Kuyper, Thomas W., Lehmann, Johannes, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Matthews Cascon, Leandro, Mayle, Francis E., McKey, Doyle, Moraes, Bruno, Morcote-Ríos, Gaspar, Palheta Barbosa, Carlos A., Magalhães, Marcos Pereira, Prestes-Carneiro, Gabriela, Pugliese, Francisco, Pupim, Fabiano N., Raczka, Marco F., Py-Daniel, Anne Rapp, Riris, Philip, Cigaran da Rocha, Bruna, Rodrigues, Leonor, Rostain, Stéphen, Macedo, Rodrigo Santana, Shock, Myrtle P., Sprafke, Tobias, Stampanoni Bassi, Filippo, Valle, Raoni, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Villagrán, Ximena S., Watling, Jennifer, Weber, Sadie L., and Teixeira, Wenceslau Geraldes

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2022
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7. Addressing the Anthropocene from the Global South: integrating paleoecology, archaeology and traditional knowledge for COP engagement.

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Zuccarelli Freire, Verónica, Ziegler, Michael J., Caetano-Andrade, Victor, Iminjili, Victor, Lellau, Rebecca, Stokes, Freg, Rudd, Rachel C., Heberle Viegas, Danielle, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Jha, Gopesh, Antonosyan, Mariya, Jha, Deepak Kumar, Winkelmann, Ricarda, Roberts, Patrick, Furquim, Laura, Jha, Deepak K., Zucarelli Freire, Veronica, Viegas, Danielle, Ziegler, Michael, and Rudd, Rachel

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The triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss necessitates more holistic, comprehensive, and integrated public policy approaches. Within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, this crisis highlights significant conflicts over forms of knowledge and conceptualization, affecting how international policies are formed. Indigenous knowledge systems have become increasingly acknowledged for their vital role in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene. Conferences of the Parties institutions like the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change emphasize the critical, although not always recognized, importance of Indigenous territories, which contain eighty percent of the world's biodiversity. Here, we show that research in paleoecology, archaeology and history demonstrates the long-term significance of traditional knowledge and Indigenous land management practices for contemporary ecosystem dynamics. Drawing from these varied studies and perspectives also reveal the socio-economic inequalities resulting from centuries of European colonialism. We showcase three case studies on; (i) pastoralism in eastern Africa, (ii) natural resource management in southeast Asia and (iii) adaptation to sea level rise in the Caribbean, which touch upon highly diverse human resilience strategies across space and time. Despite efforts at the COP28 to accelerate climate action and incorporate diverse knowledge systems, significant challenges remain. The need for a pluralistic knowledge, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, blending scientific language with artistic and narrative forms, is proposed as critical for fostering effective communication and developing more effective and equitable solutions for global environmental governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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8. Radiocarbon dates from Curaçao's oldest Archaic site extend earliest island settlement to ca. 5700 cal BP.

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Kraan, Claudia T., Kappers, Michiel, Lowe, Kelsey M., Maezumi, S. Yoshi, and Giovas, Christina M.

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ACCELERATOR mass spectrometry, ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, ARCHAEOLOGICAL dating, RADIOCARBON dating, ARCHIPELAGOES, CHARCOAL
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Due to its proximity to coastal South America and settlement during the early phase of insular Caribbean occupation, Curaçao's archaeological record offers potential evidence for early overwater exploration and regional interaction. Here, we report new accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates on charcoal from C-1426 at Saliña Sint Marie, an Archaic rockshelter site that extends Curaçao's occupation back to 5735–5600 cal BP, some 290–850 years earlier than the established settlement chronology. This finding makes the C-1426 rockshelter Curaçao's earliest known archaeological site and among the oldest in the insular Caribbean. We describe the site and the archaeological context of dating and conclude by considering the implications of Curaçao's revised occupation chronology for initial Caribbean settlement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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9. Cultural Burning

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David, Bruno, primary, Fletcher, Michael-Shawn, additional, Connor, Simon, additional, Pullin, Virginia Ruth, additional, Birkett-Rees, Jessie, additional, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, additional, Mariani, Michela, additional, Romano, Anthony, additional, and Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional

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2024
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12. The legacy of 1300 years of land use in Jamaica

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Elliott, Sarah, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Robinson, Mark, Burn, Michael, Gosling, William D., Mickleburgh, Hayley, Walters, Selvenious, Beier, Zachary J. M., Elliott, Sarah, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Robinson, Mark, Burn, Michael, Gosling, William D., Mickleburgh, Hayley, Walters, Selvenious, and Beier, Zachary J. M.

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Despite decades of archaeological research on Jamaica, little is known about how settlers influenced landscape change on the island over time. Here, we examine the impact of human occupation through a multi-proxy approach using phytolith, charcoal, and stratigraphic analyses. White Marl was a continuously inhabited village settlement (ca. 1050-450 cal yrs BP) with large mounded midden areas, precolonial house structures, and human landscape management practices. We have shown that the local vegetation at White Marl was directly affected by human settlement through the use of agroforestry and burning, and suggest that fire was used to modify vegetation. Manioc phytoliths were found throughout human occupation and are broadly associated with increases in evidence for burning, suggesting fire was used to modify the landscape and clear vegetation for crop cultivation. The phytolith assemblages relate to three distinct temporal vegetation phases: (1) the earliest occupation dominated by arboreal vegetation (pre-ca. 870 cal yrs BP); (2) a transition to palm-dominated vegetation (ca. 870-670 cal yrs BP); and (3) the latest occupation representing European colonization associated with a more open, grass-dominated landscape (after ca. 670 cal yrs BP). These transitions occur independent of changes in paleoclimate records, suggesting humans were the dominant driver of vegetation change.

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2024
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13. Assessing changes in global fire regimes

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Swiss Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Bern, National Science Foundation (US), Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative, Brigham Young University, National Science Centre (Poland), European Research Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744], Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara, Abbott, Benjamin W., Vannière, Boris, Leys, Bérangère, Colombaroli, Daniele, Gil-Romera, Graciela, Słowiński, Michał, Aleman, Julie C., Blarquez, Olivier, Feurdean, Angelica, Brown, Kendrick, Ruan, Yanming, Rudaya, Natalia, Russell‑Smith, Jeremy, Seppä, Heikki, Shumilovskikh, Lyudmila, Sommers, William T., Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, Umbanhowar, Charles, Urquiaga, Erickson, Urrego, Dunia, Vachula, Richard S., Wallenius, Tuomo, You, Chao, Daniau, Anne‑Laure, Aakala, Tuomas, Alenius, Teija, Allen, Kathryn, Andric, Maja, Bergeron, Yves, Biagioni, Siria, Bradshaw, Richard, Bremond, Laurent, Brisset, Elodie, Brooks, Joseph, Brugger, Sandra O., Brussel, Thomas, Cadd, Haidee, Cagliero, Eleonora, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carter, Vachel, Catry, Filipe X., Champreux, Antoine, Chaste, Emeline, Chavardès, Raphaël Daniel, Chipman, Melissa, Conedera, Marco, Connor, Simon, Constantine, Mark, Mustaphi, Colin Courtney, Dabengwa, Abraham N., Daniels, William, De Boer, Erik, Dietze, Elisabeth, Estrany, Joan, Fernandes, Paulo, Finsinger, Walter, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Fox‑Hughes, Paul, Gaboriau, Dorian M., Gayo, Eugenia M., Girardin, Martin. P., Glenn, Jefrey, Glückler, Ramesh, González‑Arango, Catalina, Groves, Mariangelica, Hamilton, Douglas S., Hamilton, Rebecca Jenner, Hantson, Stijn, Hapsari, K. Anggi, Hardiman, Mark, Hawthorne, Donna, Hofman, Kira, Inoue, Jun, Karp, Allison T., Krebs, Patrik, Kulkarni, Charuta, Kuosmanen, Niina, Lacourse, Terri, Ledru, Marie‑Pierre, Lestienne, Marion, Long, Colin, López Sáez, José Antonio, Loughlin, Nicholas, Niklasson, Mats, Madrigal, Javier, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mariani, Michela, McWethy, David, Meyer, Grant, Molinari, Chiara, Montoya, Encarni, Mooney, Scott, Morales‑Molino, César, Morris, Jesse, Moss, Patrick, Oliveras, Imma, Pereira, José Miguel, Pezzatti, Gianni Boris, Pickarski, Nadine, Pini, Roberta, Rehn, Emma, Remy, Cécile C., Revelles, Jordi, Rius, Damien, Robin, Vincent, Swiss Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Bern, National Science Foundation (US), Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative, Brigham Young University, National Science Centre (Poland), European Research Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744], Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara, Abbott, Benjamin W., Vannière, Boris, Leys, Bérangère, Colombaroli, Daniele, Gil-Romera, Graciela, Słowiński, Michał, Aleman, Julie C., Blarquez, Olivier, Feurdean, Angelica, Brown, Kendrick, Ruan, Yanming, Rudaya, Natalia, Russell‑Smith, Jeremy, Seppä, Heikki, Shumilovskikh, Lyudmila, Sommers, William T., Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, Umbanhowar, Charles, Urquiaga, Erickson, Urrego, Dunia, Vachula, Richard S., Wallenius, Tuomo, You, Chao, Daniau, Anne‑Laure, Aakala, Tuomas, Alenius, Teija, Allen, Kathryn, Andric, Maja, Bergeron, Yves, Biagioni, Siria, Bradshaw, Richard, Bremond, Laurent, Brisset, Elodie, Brooks, Joseph, Brugger, Sandra O., Brussel, Thomas, Cadd, Haidee, Cagliero, Eleonora, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carter, Vachel, Catry, Filipe X., Champreux, Antoine, Chaste, Emeline, Chavardès, Raphaël Daniel, Chipman, Melissa, Conedera, Marco, Connor, Simon, Constantine, Mark, Mustaphi, Colin Courtney, Dabengwa, Abraham N., Daniels, William, De Boer, Erik, Dietze, Elisabeth, Estrany, Joan, Fernandes, Paulo, Finsinger, Walter, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Fox‑Hughes, Paul, Gaboriau, Dorian M., Gayo, Eugenia M., Girardin, Martin. P., Glenn, Jefrey, Glückler, Ramesh, González‑Arango, Catalina, Groves, Mariangelica, Hamilton, Douglas S., Hamilton, Rebecca Jenner, Hantson, Stijn, Hapsari, K. Anggi, Hardiman, Mark, Hawthorne, Donna, Hofman, Kira, Inoue, Jun, Karp, Allison T., Krebs, Patrik, Kulkarni, Charuta, Kuosmanen, Niina, Lacourse, Terri, Ledru, Marie‑Pierre, Lestienne, Marion, Long, Colin, López Sáez, José Antonio, Loughlin, Nicholas, Niklasson, Mats, Madrigal, Javier, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mariani, Michela, McWethy, David, Meyer, Grant, Molinari, Chiara, Montoya, Encarni, Mooney, Scott, Morales‑Molino, César, Morris, Jesse, Moss, Patrick, Oliveras, Imma, Pereira, José Miguel, Pezzatti, Gianni Boris, Pickarski, Nadine, Pini, Roberta, Rehn, Emma, Remy, Cécile C., Revelles, Jordi, Rius, Damien, and Robin, Vincent

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[Background] The global human footprint has fundamentally altered wildfire regimes, creating serious consequences for human health, biodiversity, and climate. However, it remains difficult to project how long-term interactions among land use, management, and climate change will affect fire behavior, representing a key knowledge gap for sustainable management. We used expert assessment to combine opinions about past and future fire regimes from 99 wildfire researchers. We asked for quantitative and qualitative assessments of the frequency, type, and implications of fire regime change from the beginning of the Holocene through the year 2300., [Results] Respondents indicated some direct human influence on wildfire since at least ~ 12,000 years BP, though natural climate variability remained the dominant driver of fire regime change until around 5,000 years BP, for most study regions. Responses suggested a ten-fold increase in the frequency of fire regime change during the last 250 years compared with the rest of the Holocene, corresponding first with the intensification and extensification of land use and later with anthropogenic climate change. Looking to the future, fire regimes were predicted to intensify, with increases in frequency, severity, and size in all biomes except grassland ecosystems. Fire regimes showed different climate sensitivities across biomes, but the likelihood of fire regime change increased with higher warming scenarios for all biomes. Biodiversity, carbon storage, and other ecosystem services were predicted to decrease for most biomes under higher emission scenarios. We present recommendations for adaptation and mitigation under emerging fire regimes, while recognizing that management options are constrained under higher emission scenarios., [Conclusion] The influence of humans on wildfire regimes has increased over the last two centuries. The perspective gained from past fires should be considered in land and fire management strategies, but novel fire behavior is likely given the unprecedented human disruption of plant communities, climate, and other factors. Future fire regimes are likely to degrade key ecosystem services, unless climate change is aggressively mitigated. Expert assessment complements empirical data and modeling, providing a broader perspective of fire science to inform decision making and future research priorities.

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2024

15. Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies

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Chevalier, Manuel, Davis, Basil A.S., Heiri, Oliver, Seppä, Heikki, Chase, Brian M., Gajewski, Konrad, Lacourse, Terri, Telford, Richard J., Finsinger, Walter, Guiot, Joël, Kühl, Norbert, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Tipton, John R., Carter, Vachel A., Brussel, Thomas, Phelps, Leanne N., Dawson, Andria, Zanon, Marco, Vallé, Francesca, Nolan, Connor, Mauri, Achille, de Vernal, Anne, Izumi, Kenji, Holmström, Lasse, Marsicek, Jeremiah, Goring, Simon, Sommer, Philipp S., Chaput, Michelle, and Kupriyanov, Dmitry

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2020
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17. Frequent disturbances enhanced the resilience of past human populations

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Riris, Philip, primary, Silva, Fabio, additional, Crema, Enrico, additional, Palmisano, Alessio, additional, Robinson, Erick, additional, Siegel, Peter, additional, French, Jennifer, additional, Jørgensen, Erlend Kirkeng, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Solheim, Steinar, additional, Bates, Jennifer, additional, Davies, Benjamin, additional, Oh, Yongje, additional, and Ren, Xiaolin, additional

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2023
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19. Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America

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Kistler, Logan, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, de Souza, Jonas Gregorio, Przelomska, Natalia A. S., Costa, Flaviane Malaquias, Smith, Oliver, Loiselle, Hope, Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín, Wales, Nathan, Ribeiro, Eduardo Rivail, Morrison, Ryan R., Grimaldo, Claudia, Prous, Andre P., Arriaza, Bernardo, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., de Oliveira Freitas, Fabio, and Allaby, Robin G.

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2018

21. Fighting withfire: Historical ecology and community-based approaches to fire management, stewardship, and ecosystem resilience

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Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Fletcher, Michael-Shawn, Safford, Hugh, and Roberts, Patrick

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Twenty-first century wildfires pose multifaceted challenges exacerbated by climate change and urbanization. Current mitigation measures often fall short, necessitating inclusive approaches that integrate Indigenous knowledge, historical ecology, and community-based strategies. Collaborative and integrated efforts are crucial to fostering sustainable fire management practices for resilient ecosystems and communities.

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2024
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22. Charcoal abundance measurements are affected by freeze-drying

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Nascimento, Majoi N., primary, Beltran, Julian, additional, Bressers, Camille, additional, van Delft, Jona, additional, Vermeulen, Jordan, additional, de Ron, Sue, additional, Bruijn, Annemiek, additional, Raczka, Marco F., additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Gosling, William D., additional, Bush, Mark B., additional, and McMichael, Crystal N.H., additional

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2023
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24. Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial‐scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites

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van der Sande, Masha T., primary, Bush, Mark B., additional, Åkesson, Christine M., additional, Berrio, Juan Carlos, additional, Correia Metrio, Alex, additional, Flantua, Suzette G. A., additional, Hooghiemstra, Henry, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, McMichael, Crystal N. H., additional, Montoya, Encarni, additional, Mosblech, Nicole A. S., additional, de Novaes Nascimento, Majoi, additional, Peña‐Claros, Marielos, additional, Poorter, Lourens, additional, Raczka, Marco F., additional, and Gosling, William D., additional

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2023
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26. Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial-scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites

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University of Bergen, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Van der Sande, Masha T., Bush, M.B., Akesson, Christine M., Berrío, Juan Carlos, Correia Metrio, Alex, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Hooghiemstra, H., Maezumi, S. Yoshi, McMichael, Crystal N.H., Montoya, Encarnación, Moshblech, Nicole A.S., de Novaes Nascimento, Majoi, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Poorter, Lourens, Raczka, Marco F., Gosling, William D., University of Bergen, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Van der Sande, Masha T., Bush, M.B., Akesson, Christine M., Berrío, Juan Carlos, Correia Metrio, Alex, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Hooghiemstra, H., Maezumi, S. Yoshi, McMichael, Crystal N.H., Montoya, Encarnación, Moshblech, Nicole A.S., de Novaes Nascimento, Majoi, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Poorter, Lourens, Raczka, Marco F., and Gosling, William D.

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Tropical forests are changing in composition and productivity, probably in response to changes in climate and disturbances. The responses to these multiple environmental drivers, and the mechanisms underlying the changes, remain largely unknown. Here, we use a functional trait approach on timescales of 10,000¿years to assess how climate and disturbances influence the community-mean adult height, leaf area, seed mass, and wood density for eight lowland and highland forest landscapes. To do so, we combine data of eight fossil pollen records with functional traits and proxies for climate (temperature, precipitation, and El Niño frequency) and disturbances (fire and general disturbances). We found that temperature and disturbances were the most important drivers of changes in functional composition. Increased water availability (high precipitation and low El Niño frequency) generally led to more acquisitive trait composition (large leaves and soft wood). In lowland forests, warmer climates decreased community-mean height probably because of increased water stress, whereas in highland forests warmer climates increased height probably because of upslope migration of taller species. Disturbance increased the abundance of acquisitive, disturbance-adapted taxa with small seeds for quick colonization of disturbed sites, large leaves for light capture, and soft wood to attain fast height growth. Fire had weak effects on lowland forests but led to more stress-adapted taxa that are tall with fast life cycles and small seeds that can quickly colonize burned sites. Site-specific analyses were largely in line with cross-site analyses, except for varying site-level effects of El Niño frequency and fire activity, possibly because regional patterns in El Niño are not a good predictor of local changes, and charcoal abundances do not reflect fire intensity or severity. With future global changes, tropical Amazonian and Andean forests may transition toward shorter, drought- and disturban

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2023

27. Assessing changes in global fire regimes

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Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara, primary, Abbott, Benjamin W, additional, Vannière, Boris, additional, Leys, Bérangère, additional, Colombaroli, Daniele, additional, Romera, Graciela Gil, additional, Słowiński, Michał, additional, Aleman, Julie C., additional, Blarquez, Olivier, additional, Feurdean, Angelica, additional, Brown, Kendrick, additional, Aakala, Tuomas, additional, Alenius, Teija, additional, Allen, Kathryn, additional, Andric, Maja, additional, Bergeron, Yves, additional, Biagioni, Siria, additional, Bradshaw, Richard, additional, Bremond, Laurent, additional, Brisset, Elodie, additional, Brooks, Joseph, additional, Bruegger, Sandra, additional, Brussel, Thomas, additional, Cadd, Haidee, additional, Cagliero, Eleonora, additional, Carcaillet, Christopher, additional, Carter, Vachel, additional, Catry, Filipe X., additional, Champreux, Antoine, additional, Chaste, Emeline, additional, Chavardès, Raphaël Daniel, additional, Chipman, Melissa, additional, Conedera, Marco, additional, Connor, Simon, additional, Constantine, Mark, additional, Mustaphi, Colin Courtney, additional, Dabengwa, Abraham N, additional, Daniels, William, additional, De Boer, Erik, additional, Dietze, Elisabeth, additional, Estrany, Joan, additional, Fernandes, Paulo, additional, Finsinger, Walter, additional, Flantua, Suzette, additional, Fox-Hughes, Paul, additional, Gaboriau, Dorian M, additional, Gayo, Eugenia M., additional, Girardin, Martin.P, additional, Glenn, Jeffery, additional, Glückler, Ramesh, additional, González-Arango, Catalina, additional, Groves, Mariangelica, additional, Hamilton, Rebecca Jenner, additional, Hamilton, Douglas, additional, Hantson, Stijn, additional, Hapsari, K. Anggi, additional, Hardiman, Mark, additional, Hawthorne, Donna, additional, Hoffman, Kira, additional, Iglesias, Virginia, additional, Inoue, Jun, additional, Karp, Allison T, additional, Krebs, Patrik, additional, Kulkarni, Charuta, additional, Kuosmanen, Niina, additional, Lacourse, Terri, additional, Ledru, Marie-Pierre, additional, Lestienne, Marion, additional, Long, Colin, additional, López-Sáez, José Antonio, additional, Loughlin, Nicholas, additional, Lynch, Elizabeth, additional, Niklasson, Mats, additional, Madrigal, Javier, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Marcisz, Katarzyna, additional, Meyer, Grant, additional, Mariani, Michela, additional, McWethy, David, additional, Molinari, Chiara, additional, Montoya, Encarni, additional, Mooney, Scott, additional, Morales-Molino, Cesar, additional, Morris, Jesse, additional, Moss, Patrick, additional, Oliveras, Imma, additional, Pereira, José Miguel, additional, Pezzatti, Gianni Boris, additional, Pickarski, Nadine, additional, Pini, Roberta, additional, Robin, Vincent, additional, Rehn, Emma, additional, Remy, Cecile, additional, Rius, Damien, additional, Ruan, Yanming, additional, Rudaya, Natalia, additional, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, additional, Seppä, Heikki, additional, Shumilovskikh, Lyudmila, additional, Sommers, William T., additional, Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay, additional, Umbanhowar, Charles, additional, Urquiaga, Erickson, additional, Urrego, Dunia, additional, Vachula, Richard, additional, Wallenius, Tuomo, additional, You, Chao, additional, and Daniau, Anne-Laure, additional

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2023
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29. Developing transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability challenges: \ud the need to model socio-environmental systems in the longue durée

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Silva, Fabio, Coward, Fiona, Davies, Kimberley, Elliott, Sarah, Jenkins, Emma, Newton, Adrian C., Riris, Philip, Linden, Marc Vander, Bates, Jennifer, Cantarello, Elena, Contreras, Dan, Crabtree, Stefani A., Crema, Enrico, Edwards, Mary, Filatova, Tatiana, Fitzhugh, Ben, Fluck, Hannah, Freeman, Jacob, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Krzyzanska, Marta, Lawrence, Dan, Mackay, Helen, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marchant, Robert, Monsarrat, Sophie, Morrison, Kathleen D., Rabett, Ryan J., Roberts, Patrick, Saqalli, Mehdi, Stafford, Rick, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Whitehouse, Nicki J., and Williams, Alice

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Human beings are an active component of every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Although our local impact on the evolution of these ecosystems has been undeniable and extensively documented, it remains unclear precisely how our activities are altering them, in part because ecosystems are dynamic systems structured by complex, non-linear feedback processes and cascading effects. We argue that it is only by studying human–environment interactions over timescales that greatly exceed the lifespan of any individual human (i.e., the deep past or longue durée), we can hope to fully understand such processes and their implications. In this article, we identify some of the key challenges faced in integrating long-term datasets with those of other areas of sustainability science, and suggest some useful ways forward. Specifically, we (a) highlight the potential of the historical sciences for sustainability science, (b) stress the need to integrate theoretical frameworks wherein humans are seen as inherently entangled with the environment, and (c) propose formal computational modelling as the ideal platform to overcome the challenges of transdisciplinary work across large, and multiple, geographical and temporal scales. Our goal is to provide a manifesto for an integrated scientific approach to the study of socio-ecological systems over the long term.

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2022

30. The legacy of 1300 years of land use in Jamaica

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Elliott, Sarah, primary, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Robinson, Mark, additional, Burn, Michael, additional, Gosling, William D., additional, Mickleburgh, Hayley L., additional, Walters, Selvenious, additional, and Beier, Zachary J. M., additional

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2022
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32. Developing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée

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Silva, Fabio, Coward, Fiona, Davies, Kimberley, Elliott, Sarah, Jenkins, Emma, Newton, Adrian, Riris, Philip, Linden, Marc Vander, Bates, Jennifer, Cantarello, Elena, Contreras, Daniel A., Crabtree, Stefani, Crema, Enrico Ryunosuke, Edwards, Mary, Filatova, Tatiana, Fitzhugh, Ben, Fluck, Hannah, Freeman, Jacob, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Krzyzanska, Marta, Lawrence, Dan, Mackay, Helen, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marchant, Robert, Monsarrat, Sophie, Morrison, Kathleen D., Rabett, Ryan, Roberts, Patrick, Saqalli, Mehdi, Stafford, Richard, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Whitehouse, Nicola, Williams, Alice, Silva, Fabio, Coward, Fiona, Davies, Kimberley, Elliott, Sarah, Jenkins, Emma, Newton, Adrian, Riris, Philip, Linden, Marc Vander, Bates, Jennifer, Cantarello, Elena, Contreras, Daniel A., Crabtree, Stefani, Crema, Enrico Ryunosuke, Edwards, Mary, Filatova, Tatiana, Fitzhugh, Ben, Fluck, Hannah, Freeman, Jacob, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Krzyzanska, Marta, Lawrence, Dan, Mackay, Helen, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marchant, Robert, Monsarrat, Sophie, Morrison, Kathleen D., Rabett, Ryan, Roberts, Patrick, Saqalli, Mehdi, Stafford, Richard, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Whitehouse, Nicola, and Williams, Alice

Abstract

Human beings are an active component of every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Although our local impact on the evolution of these ecosystems has been undeniable and extensively documented, it remains unclear precisely how our activities are altering them, in part because ecosystems are dynamic systems structured by complex, non-linear feedback processes and cascading effects. We argue that it is only by studying human–environment interactions over timescales that greatly exceed the lifespan of any individual human (i.e., the deep past or longue durée), we can hope to fully understand such processes and their implications. In this article, we identify some of the key challenges faced in integrating long-term datasets with those of other areas of sustainability science, and suggest some useful ways forward. Specifically, we (a) highlight the potential of the historical sciences for sustainability science, (b) stress the need to integrate theoretical frameworks wherein humans are seen as inherently entangled with the environment, and (c) propose formal computational modelling as the ideal platform to overcome the challenges of transdisciplinary work across large, and multiple, geographical and temporal scales. Our goal is to provide a manifesto for an integrated scientific approach to the study of socio-ecological systems over the long term.

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2022

33. Developing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée

Author

Integr. Assessm. Global Environm. Change, Environmental Sciences, Silva, Fabio, Coward, Fiona, Davies, Kimberley, Elliott, Sarah, Jenkins, Emma, Newton, Adrian, Riris, Philip, Linden, Marc Vander, Bates, Jennifer, Cantarello, Elena, Contreras, Daniel A., Crabtree, Stefani, Crema, Enrico Ryunosuke, Edwards, Mary, Filatova, Tatiana, Fitzhugh, Ben, Fluck, Hannah, Freeman, Jacob, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Krzyzanska, Marta, Lawrence, Dan, Mackay, Helen, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marchant, Robert, Monsarrat, Sophie, Morrison, Kathleen D., Rabett, Ryan, Roberts, Patrick, Saqalli, Mehdi, Stafford, Richard, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Whitehouse, Nicola, Williams, Alice, Integr. Assessm. Global Environm. Change, Environmental Sciences, Silva, Fabio, Coward, Fiona, Davies, Kimberley, Elliott, Sarah, Jenkins, Emma, Newton, Adrian, Riris, Philip, Linden, Marc Vander, Bates, Jennifer, Cantarello, Elena, Contreras, Daniel A., Crabtree, Stefani, Crema, Enrico Ryunosuke, Edwards, Mary, Filatova, Tatiana, Fitzhugh, Ben, Fluck, Hannah, Freeman, Jacob, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Krzyzanska, Marta, Lawrence, Dan, Mackay, Helen, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Marchant, Robert, Monsarrat, Sophie, Morrison, Kathleen D., Rabett, Ryan, Roberts, Patrick, Saqalli, Mehdi, Stafford, Richard, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Whitehouse, Nicola, and Williams, Alice

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2022

34. Tropical forests in the deep human past

Author

Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Roberts, Patrick, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Malhi, Yadvinder, Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Roberts, Patrick, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, and Malhi, Yadvinder

Abstract

Since Darwin, studies of human evolution have tended to give primacy to open 'savannah' environments as the ecological cradle of our lineage, with dense tropical forests cast as hostile, unfavourable frontiers. These perceptions continue to shape both the geographical context of fieldwork as well as dominant narratives concerning hominin evolution. This paradigm persists despite new, ground-breaking research highlighting the role of tropical forests in the human story. For example, novel research in Africa's rainforests has uncovered archaeological sites dating back into the Pleistocene; genetic studies have revealed very deep human roots in Central and West Africa and in the tropics of Asia and the Pacific; an unprecedented number of coexistent hominin species have now been documented, including Homo erectus, the 'Hobbit' (Homo floresiensis), Homo luzonensis, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. Some of the earliest members of our own species to reach South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania and the tropical Americas have shown an unexpected rapidity in their adaptation to even some of the more 'extreme' tropical settings. This includes the early human manipulation of species and even habitats. This volume builds on these currently disparate threads and, for the first time, draws together a group of interdisciplinary, agenda-setting papers that firmly places a broader spectrum of tropical environments at the heart of the deep human past. This article is part of the theme issue 'Tropical forests in the deep human past'.

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2022

39. Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers

Author

National Science Foundation (US), Pausas, J. G. [0000-0003-3533-5786], McLauchlan, Kendra K., Higuera, Philip E., Miesel, Jessica, Rogers, Brendan M., Schweitzer, Jennifer, Shuman, Jacquelyn K., Tepley, Alan J., Varner, J. Morgan, Veblen, Thomas T., Adalsteinsson, Solny A., Balch, Jennifer K., Baker, Patrick, Batllori, Enric, Bigio, Erica, Brando, Paulo, Cattau, Megan, Chipman, Melissa L., Coen, Janice, Crandall, Raelene, Daniels, Lori, Enright, Neal, Gross, Wendy S., Harvey, Brian J., Hatten, Jeff A., Hermann, Sharon, Hewitt, Rebecca E., Kobziar, Leda N., Landesmann, Jennifer B., Loranty, Michael M., Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Mearns, Linda, Moritz, Max, Myers, Jonathan A., Pausas, J. G., Pellegrini, Adam F. A., Platt, William J., Roozeboom, Jennifer, Safford, Hugh, Santos, Fernanda, Scheller, Robert M., Sherriff, Rosemary L., Smith, Kevin G., Smith, Melinda D., Watts, Adam C., National Science Foundation (US), Pausas, J. G. [0000-0003-3533-5786], McLauchlan, Kendra K., Higuera, Philip E., Miesel, Jessica, Rogers, Brendan M., Schweitzer, Jennifer, Shuman, Jacquelyn K., Tepley, Alan J., Varner, J. Morgan, Veblen, Thomas T., Adalsteinsson, Solny A., Balch, Jennifer K., Baker, Patrick, Batllori, Enric, Bigio, Erica, Brando, Paulo, Cattau, Megan, Chipman, Melissa L., Coen, Janice, Crandall, Raelene, Daniels, Lori, Enright, Neal, Gross, Wendy S., Harvey, Brian J., Hatten, Jeff A., Hermann, Sharon, Hewitt, Rebecca E., Kobziar, Leda N., Landesmann, Jennifer B., Loranty, Michael M., Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Mearns, Linda, Moritz, Max, Myers, Jonathan A., Pausas, J. G., Pellegrini, Adam F. A., Platt, William J., Roozeboom, Jennifer, Safford, Hugh, Santos, Fernanda, Scheller, Robert M., Sherriff, Rosemary L., Smith, Kevin G., Smith, Melinda D., and Watts, Adam C.

Abstract

Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits, population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. It also presents a rapidly growing societal challenge, due to both increasingly destructive wildfires and fire exclusion in fire‐dependent ecosystems. As an ecological process, fire integrates complex feedbacks among biological, social and geophysical processes, requiring coordination across several fields and scales of study. Here, we describe the diversity of ways in which fire operates as a fundamental ecological and evolutionary process on Earth. We explore research priorities in six categories of fire ecology: (a) characteristics of fire regimes, (b) changing fire regimes, (c) fire effects on above‐ground ecology, (d) fire effects on below‐ground ecology, (e) fire behaviour and (f) fire ecology modelling. We identify three emergent themes: the need to study fire across temporal scales, to assess the mechanisms underlying a variety of ecological feedbacks involving fire and to improve representation of fire in a range of modelling contexts. Synthesis: As fire regimes and our relationships with fire continue to change, prioritizing these research areas will facilitate understanding of the ecological causes and consequences of future fires and rethinking fire management alternatives.

Published
2020

40. Archaeology and ethnography demonstrate a human origin for Amazonian Dark Earths

Author

Schmidt, Morgan, primary, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, additional, Lima, Helena P., additional, de Paula Moraes, Claide, additional, Neves, Eduardo G., additional, Texeira, Wenceslau, additional, Heckenberger, Michael, additional, Madella, Marco, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Riris, Philip, additional, Shock, Myrtle P., additional, Watling, Jennifer, additional, Caromano, Caroline Fernandes, additional, Moraes, Bruno, additional, Prestes-Carneiro, Gabriela, additional, Bassi, Filippo Stampanoni, additional, Cavallini, Marta Sara, additional, Valle, Raoni, additional, Alho, Carlos Francisco Brazão Vieira, additional, Almeida, Fernando, additional, Barbosa, Carlos Augusto Palheta, additional, Brown, George, additional, Cascon, Leandro Matthews, additional, Clement, Charles R, additional, Cunha, Luis, additional, Denevan, William M, additional, Fausto, Carlos, additional, AIRES, JOÃO, additional, Franchetto, Bruna, additional, Hecht, Susanna, additional, Honorato, Vinicius, additional, Junqueira, Andre Braga, additional, Kater, Thiago, additional, Kuyper, Thomas W, additional, Lima, Márjorie, additional, Lombardo, Umberto, additional, Macedo, Rodrigo Santana, additional, Machado, Juliana Salles, additional, Magalhães, Marcos, additional, Mayle, Francis E, additional, McKey, Doyle, additional, Pugliese, Francisco, additional, Pupim, Fabiano, additional, Py-Daniel, Anne Rapp, additional, Raczka, Marco F, additional, Rocha, Bruna, additional, Rostain, Stéphen, additional, Tamanaha, Eduardo Kazuo, additional, and Trindade, Thiago, additional

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2021
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41. Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths

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Lombardo, Umberto, primary, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, additional, Huisman, Hans, additional, Teixeira, Wenceslau Geraldes, additional, Clement, Charles R, additional, Alho, Carlos Francisco Brazão Vieira, additional, Almeida, Fernando, additional, Anjos, Lucia Helena Cunha, additional, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, additional, Brown, George, additional, Costa, Marcondes, additional, Cunha, Luis, additional, Denevan, William M, additional, Fontana, Ademir, additional, Glaser, Bruno, additional, Hecht, Susanna, additional, Jarosch, Klaus A, additional, Junqueira, André Braga, additional, Kater, Thiago, additional, Kuyper, Thomas W, additional, Lehmann, Johannes, additional, Lima, Helena Pinto, additional, Macedo, Rodrigo Santana, additional, Madella, Marco, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Mayle, Francis E, additional, McKEY, Doyle, additional, Moraes, Claide de Paula, additional, Morcote-Ríos, Gaspar, additional, Neves, Eduardo, additional, Pugliese, Francisco, additional, Pupim, Fabiano, additional, Raczka, Marco F, additional, Rapp Py-Daniel, Anne, additional, Riris, Philip, additional, Rodrigues, Leonor, additional, Rostain, Stéphen, additional, Schmidt, Morgan, additional, Shock, Myrtle P, additional, Sprafke, Tobias, additional, Tamanaha, Eduardo Kazuo, additional, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, additional, Villagran, Ximena S, additional, Watling, Jennifer, additional, and Weber, Sadie L, additional

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2021
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43. Nonlinear landscape and cultural response to sea-level rise

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Barnett, Robert L., primary, Charman, Dan J., additional, Johns, Charles, additional, Ward, Sophie L., additional, Bevan, Andrew, additional, Bradley, Sarah L., additional, Camidge, Kevin, additional, Fyfe, Ralph M., additional, Gehrels, W. Roland, additional, Gehrels, Maria J., additional, Hatton, Jackie, additional, Khan, Nicole S., additional, Marshall, Peter, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Mills, Steve, additional, Mulville, Jacqui, additional, Perez, Marta, additional, Roberts, Helen M., additional, Scourse, James D., additional, Shepherd, Francis, additional, and Stevens, Todd, additional

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2020
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46. Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers

Author

McLauchlan, Kendra K., primary, Higuera, Philip E., additional, Miesel, Jessica, additional, Rogers, Brendan M., additional, Schweitzer, Jennifer, additional, Shuman, Jacquelyn K., additional, Tepley, Alan J., additional, Varner, J. Morgan, additional, Veblen, Thomas T., additional, Adalsteinsson, Solny A., additional, Balch, Jennifer K., additional, Baker, Patrick, additional, Batllori, Enric, additional, Bigio, Erica, additional, Brando, Paulo, additional, Cattau, Megan, additional, Chipman, Melissa L., additional, Coen, Janice, additional, Crandall, Raelene, additional, Daniels, Lori, additional, Enright, Neal, additional, Gross, Wendy S., additional, Harvey, Brian J., additional, Hatten, Jeff A., additional, Hermann, Sharon, additional, Hewitt, Rebecca E., additional, Kobziar, Leda N., additional, Landesmann, Jennifer B., additional, Loranty, Michael M., additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Mearns, Linda, additional, Moritz, Max, additional, Myers, Jonathan A., additional, Pausas, Juli G., additional, Pellegrini, Adam F. A., additional, Platt, William J., additional, Roozeboom, Jennifer, additional, Safford, Hugh, additional, Santos, Fernanda, additional, Scheller, Robert M., additional, Sherriff, Rosemary L., additional, Smith, Kevin G., additional, Smith, Melinda D., additional, and Watts, Adam C., additional

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2020
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47. Climate change and cultural resilience in late pre-Columbian Amazonia

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de Souza, Jonas Gregorio, primary, Robinson, Mark, additional, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, additional, Capriles, José, additional, Hoggarth, Julie A., additional, Lombardo, Umberto, additional, Novello, Valdir Felipe, additional, Apaéstegui, James, additional, Whitney, Bronwen, additional, Urrego, Dunia, additional, Alves, Daiana Travassos, additional, Rostain, Stephen, additional, Power, Mitchell J., additional, Mayle, Francis E., additional, da Cruz, Francisco William, additional, Hooghiemstra, Henry, additional, and Iriarte, José, additional

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2019
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49. Anthropogenic soil and settlement organisation in the Bolivian Amazon.

Author

Robinson, Mark, Jaimes‐Betancourt, Carla, Elliott, Sarah, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Hilbert, Lautaro, Alves, Daiana, Souza, Jonas Gregorio, and Iriarte, José

Subjects
SOIL profiles, LAND clearing, FIRE management, SOIL testing, SOIL classification
Abstract

Anthropogenic soils known as Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) have long been known as a key component of subsistence systems for various pre‐Columbian Amazonian populations. Often treated as a single category, ADE systems consist of two broad anthrosols (human‐modified soils): the darker ADE (traditionally known as terra preta) and a lighter brown Amazonian Brown Earth (ABE; traditionally known as terra mulata). Data on the characteristics and spatial distribution of these anthrosols are severely lacking. Transects of soil test pits at the Triunfo and Versalles archaeological sites in the Iténez Forest, in the Bolivian Amazon, show variability in the distribution of soil types, revealing aspects of settlement organisation and resource management. Geochemical, isotopic and archaeobotanical data from an ADE, ABE and control soil profile from the Triunfo site, established ca. 500 cal BCE, characterise the two anthrosols as distinct components of a polyculture agroforestry subsistence system that combines anthropogenic soil fertilisation, closed‐canopy forest enrichment, limited forest clearance for crop cultivation and low‐severity fire management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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50. Relating pollen representation to an evolving Amazonian landscape between the last glacial maximum and Late Holocene.

Author

Smith, Richard J., Mayle, Francis E., Maezumi, S. Yoshi, and Power, Mitchell J.

Subjects
HOLOCENE Epoch, FOSSIL pollen, POLLEN, WATERSHEDS, GLACIAL landforms, VEGETATION dynamics, LAST Glacial Maximum
Abstract

In contrast to temperate regions, relationships between basin characteristics (e.g., type/size) and fossil pollen archives have received little attention in Amazonia. Here, we compare fossil pollen records of a small palm swamp (Cuatro Vientos; CV) and a nearby large lake (Laguna Chaplin, LCH) in Bolivian Amazonia, demonstrating that palm swamps can yield Quaternary pollen archives recording the history of terrestrial vegetation beyond the basin margin, rather than merely a history of localized swamp vegetation dynamics. The pollen assemblages from these two contrasting basins display remarkable agreement throughout their late Quaternary history, indicating past drier climates supported savanna landscape during the last glacial maximum (LGM; 24,000–18,000 cal yr BP) and savanna/semideciduous forest mosaic during the middle Holocene (7000-4750 cal yr BP) at both regional (inferred from LCH) and local (inferred from CV) spatial scales. Additionally, the local-scale catchment of CV and the basin's proximity to the riverine forests of the Río Paraguá enables exploration of the extent of gallery/riverine forests during the LGM and middle Holocene. We show that, between 24,000–4000 cal yr BP, riverine/gallery rainforests were substantially reduced compared with present, challenging the hypothesis that gallery rainforests were important refugia for rainforest species during the drier LGM and middle Holocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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