Evidence for climatic change across the North American Monsoon (NAM) and adjacent
areas is reviewed, drawing on continental and marine records and the application of climate …

Diatom-based transfer functions for salinity, precipitation and temperature were developed
using a training set that included data from 40 sites along central Mexico. These transfer …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

The updated inventory of the Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD) offers a wide range of
new insights. This paper presents a systematic compilation of palynological research in …

Palaeoecological records suggest that humans have been in the Andes since at least 14
000 years ago. Early human impacts on Andean ecosystems included an increase in fire …

We inferred millennial-scale climate variations and paleohydrological conditions in the
northern sector of the American tropics for 30.3–5.5 cal ka BP using geochemical …

A new fossil pollen, Sporormiella, and sediment chemistry record from Lake Llaviucu,
Ecuador, spanning the period from 16,280–9000 years Before Present, provides a high …

Over the last glacial cycle, climate variations in the Neotropics were related to diverse
forcing mechanisms whose understanding has been limited because of the scarcity of …

Microrefugia are important for supporting populations during periods of unfavourable climate
change and in facilitating rapid migration as conditions ameliorate. With ongoing …

Stephanodiscus niagarae Ehrenberg is currently restricted to specific regions of central
Mexico, however, during the late Pleistocene, it had a wider distribution in the country. This …