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Climate variability paces vegetation turnover of the last 20,000 years
Investigating ecological turnover in the frequency domain offers a novel perspective on classic problems in ecology. We use this …
David Fastovich, Seth Finnegan, Ádám T. Kocsis, Stephen Meyers, Marina C. Rillo, Erin E. Saupe, Jansen Smith, John W. Williams, Pincelli M. Hull
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Climate variability paces vegetation turnover of the last 20,000 years
Choco jet variability during the Pliocene reconstructed from leaf waxes
Westerly winds from the Choco low-level jet direct moisture into the Western Cordillera of northern South America, where subsequent …
David Fastovich, Tripti Bhattacharya, Ran Feng, Natalie J. Burls, Scott Knap, Theodor Mayer, Lina C. Pérez-Angel
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Choco jet variability during the Pliocene reconstructed from leaf waxes
Legacies of millennial-scale climate oscillations in contemporary biodiversity in eastern North America
Past variations in the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) triggered large and rapid climate changes at …
David Fastovich, Volker C. Radeloff, Benjamin Zuckerberg, John W. Williams
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Legacies of millennial-scale climate oscillations in contemporary biodiversity in eastern North America
BioDeepTime: A database of biodiversity time series for modern and fossil assemblages
Motivation
We have little understanding of how communities respond to varying magnitudes and rates of environmental perturbations …
Jansen Smith, Marina C. Rillo, Ádám T. Kocsis, Maria Dornelas, David Fastovich, Huai-Hsuan M. Huang, Lukas Jonkers, Wolfgang Kiessling, Qijian Li, Lee Hsiang Liow, Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma, Stephen Meyers, Lin Na, Amelia M. Penny, Kate Pippenger, Johan Renaudie, Erin E. Saupe, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Mauro Sugawara, Adam Tomašovỳch, John W. Williams, Moriaki Yasuhara, Seth Finnegan, Pincelli M. Hull
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BioDeepTime: A database of biodiversity time series for modern and fossil assemblages
Roles of climatic and anthropogenic factors in shaping Holocene vegetation and fire regimes in Great Dismal Swamp, eastern USA
The Great Dismal Swamp wetland, spanning >400 km2 along the Virginia and North Carolina border, was shaped by a complex combination …
Debra A. Willard, Miriam C. Jones, Jay Alder, David Fastovich, Kristen E. Hoefke, Robert K. Poirier, Fred C. Wurster
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Roles of climatic and anthropogenic factors in shaping Holocene vegetation and fire regimes in Great Dismal Swamp, eastern USA
Spatial fingerprints and mechanisms of precipitation and temperature changes during the Younger Dryas in eastern North America
Here we seek to establish the spatial fingerprints of precipitation and temperature changes in eastern North America during the Younger …
David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams
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Spatial fingerprints and mechanisms of precipitation and temperature changes during the Younger Dryas in eastern North America
Patterns, mechanisms, and legacies of abrupt climate change: examining the Younger Dryas in eastern North America
Increasing global temperatures from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are driving widespread climatological and ecological changes …
David Fastovich
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More than One Way to Kill a Spruce Forest: The Role of Fire and Climate in the Late-Glacial Termination of Spruce Woodlands across the Southern Great Lakes
In the southern Great Lakes Region, North America, between 19,000 and 8,000 years ago, temperatures rose by 2.5-6.5 degrees C and …
Allison M. Jensen, David Fastovich, Benjamin I. Watson, Jacqueline L. Gill, Stephen T. Jackson, James M. Russell, Joseph Bevington, Kate Hayes, Katherine B. Lininger, Claire Rubbelke, Grace C. Schellinger, John W. Williams
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More than One Way to Kill a Spruce Forest: The Role of Fire and Climate in the Late-Glacial Termination of Spruce Woodlands across the Southern Great Lakes
Spatial Fingerprint of Younger Dryas Cooling and Warming in Eastern North America
Abstract The Younger Dryas (YD, 12.9-11.7 ka) is the most recent, near-global interval of abrupt climate change with rates similar to …
David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, Teresa R. Krause, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams
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Spatial Fingerprint of Younger Dryas Cooling and Warming in Eastern North America
Deglacial Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
Understanding the drivers of vegetation dynamics and no-analog communities in eastern North America is hampered by a scarcity of …
David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, John W. Williams
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Deglacial Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
Temperature reconstructions in eastern North America from pollen are rife in the literature, but these reconstructions cannot be used …
David Fastovich
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