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Review article
| 
11 Sep 2017
Review article |
| 11 Sep 2017
The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period
María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
EPHE, PSL Research University, 33615
Pessac, France
Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
Stéphanie Desprat
EPHE, PSL Research University, 33615
Pessac, France
Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
Anne-Laure Daniau
CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
Frank C. Bassinot
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,
LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Josué M. Polanco-Martínez
Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
Basque Centre for Climate Change – BC3, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Sandy P. Harrison
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University,
North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences
(SAGES), Reading University, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AB, UK
Judy R. M. Allen
Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
R. Scott Anderson
Environmental Programs, School of Earth Sciences and
Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Hermann Behling
Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics,
Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of
Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
Raymonde Bonnefille
CEREGE (UMR 6635), Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, IRD,
Collège de France, Europole de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545
Aix-en-Provence, France
Francesc Burjachs
ICREA Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Institut Català de
Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Campus Sescelades URV,
W3, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
José S. Carrión
Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de
Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Rachid Cheddadi
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR
5554 Université Montpellier 2, Bat.22, CC061, Place Eugène
Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France
James S. Clark
Duke Trinity
College of Art and Sciences, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
UMR
7194 CNRS, Histoire naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique,
Département de Préhistoire, Muséum national d'Histoire
naturelle, 75013 Paris, France
Colin. J. Courtney Mustaphi
The York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE),
Environment Department, University of York, York, Heslington, YO10
5DD, UK
Georg H. Debusk
Department of
Zoology, Duke University, Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708–0325, USA
Lydie M. Dupont
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences,
University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Jemma M. Finch
Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and
Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
William J. Fletcher
Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology, Geography,
School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester,
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Marco Giardini
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Sapienza
Università di Roma, 1303 Rome, Italy
Catalina González
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los
Andes, A.A. 4976 Bogotá, Colombia
William D. Gosling
Department of Ecosystems & Landscape Ecology, University
of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Laurie D. Grigg
Geology and Environmental
Science Department, Norwich University, Northfield, VT 05663, USA
Eric C. Grimm
University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Ryoma Hayashi
Lake Biwa Museum, Oroshimocho1091, Kusatsu 525-0001, Japan
Karin Helmens
Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for
Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Linda E. Heusser
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University,
Palisades, NY 10601, USA
Trevor Hill
Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and
Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Geoffrey Hope
Department of Archaeology and Natural History, The
Australian National University, Fellows Road, Acton ACT 0200, Australia
Brian Huntley
Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Yaeko Igarashi
Institute for Paleoenvironment of Northern Regions, Koyocho
3-7-5, Kitahiroshima 061-1134, Japan
Tomohisa Irino
Geological Institute, University of Tokyo, Hongo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Bonnie Jacobs
Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, USA
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología,
Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Sayuri Kawai
Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University, Asahi
3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
A. Peter Kershaw
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University,
Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
Fujio Kumon
Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science,
Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
Ian T. Lawson
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development,
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK
Marie-Pierre Ledru
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR
5554 Université Montpellier 2, Bat.22, CC061, Place Eugène
Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France
Anne-Marie Lézine
LOCEAN – Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat:
Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, UPMC, 75252 Paris,
France
Ping Mei Liew
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 1,
Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
Donatella Magri
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Sapienza
Università di Roma, 1303 Rome, Italy
Robert Marchant
The York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE),
Environment Department, University of York, York, Heslington, YO10
5DD, UK
Vasiliki Margari
Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of
Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Francis E. Mayle
Centre for Past Climate Change, Department of Geography and
Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AB, UK
G. Merna McKenzie
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University,
Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
Patrick Moss
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental
Management, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
Stefanie Müller
Freie Universität Berlin, Geological Sciences,
Palaeontology Section, 12249 Berlin, Germany
Ulrich C. Müller
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage
25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany
Filipa Naughton
Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Algarve University,
Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA), Rua
Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho 6, 1495-006 Lisbon, Portugal
Rewi M. Newnham
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences,
Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140,
New Zealand
Tadamichi Oba
Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido
University, N10-W5 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
Ramón Pérez-Obiol
Unitat de Botànica, Facultat de Biociències,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra,
Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
Roberta Pini
C.N.R. – Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi
Ambientali, Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleoecologia, Piazza
della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
Cesare Ravazzi
C.N.R. – Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi
Ambientali, Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleoecologia, Piazza
della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
Katy H. Roucoux
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development,
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK
Stephen M. Rucina
Department of Earth Sciences, Palynology and Palaeobotany
Section, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi,
00100, Kenya
Louis Scott
Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free
State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Hikaru Takahara
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto
Prefectural University, 1-5 Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
606-8522, Japan
Polichronis C. Tzedakis
Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of
Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Dunia H. Urrego
Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Amory
Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
Bas van Geel
Department of Paleoecology and Landscape Ecology,
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Universiteit
van Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
B. Guido Valencia
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of
Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Marcus J. Vandergoes
GNS Science1 Fairway Drive, Avalon P.O. Box 30-368, Lower
Hutt 5010, New Zealand
Annie Vincens
CEREGE (UMR 6635), Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, IRD,
Collège de France, Europole de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545
Aix-en-Provence, France
Cathy L. Whitlock
Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Debra A. Willard
U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA
20192, USA
Masanobu Yamamoto
Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido
University, N10-W5 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
Data sets
The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period M. F. Sánchez Goñi, S. Desprat, A.-L. Daniau, F. C. Bassinot, J. M. Polanco-Martínez, S. P. Harrison, J. R. M. Allen, R. S. Anderson, H. Behling, R. Bonnefille, F. Burjachs, J. S. Carrión, R. Cheddadi, J. S. Clark, N. Combourieu-Nebout, C. J. Courtney-Mustaphi, G. H. Debusk, L. M. Dupont, J. M. Finch, W. J. Fletcher, M. Giardini, C. González, W. D. Gosling, L. D. Grigg, E. C. Grimm, R. Hayashi, K. Helmens, L. E. Heusser, T. Hill, G. Hope, B. Huntley, Y. Igarashi, T. Irino, B. Jacobs, G. Jiménez-Moreno, S. Kawai, P. Kershaw, F. Kumon, I. T. Lawson, M.-P. Ledru, A.-M. Lézine, P. M. Liew, D. Magri, R. Marchant, V. Margari, F. E. Mayle, M. McKenzie, P. Moss, S. Müller, U. C. Müller, F. Naughton, R. M. Newnham, T. Oba, R. Pérez-Obiol, R. Pini, C. Ravazzi, K. H. Roucoux, S. M. Rucina, L. Scott, H. Takahara, P. C. Tzedakis, D. H. Urrego, B. van Geel, B. G. Valencia, M. J. Vandergoes, A. Vincens, C. L. Whitlock, D. A. Willard, and M. Yamamoto https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870867
Short summary
The ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database includes 93 pollen records from the last glacial period (73–15 ka) plotted against a common chronology; 32 also provide charcoal records. The database allows for the reconstruction of the regional expression, vegetation and fire of past abrupt climate changes that are comparable to those expected in the 21st century. This work is a major contribution to understanding the processes behind rapid climate change.
The ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database includes 93 pollen...
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