Predicting Pleistocene climate from vegetation

• Main Author: Loehle, C.
• Other Authors: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Parkland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00298155; https://hal.science/hal-00298155/document; https://hal.science/hal-00298155/file/cpd-2-979-2006.pdf

International audience Climates at the Last Glacial Maximum have been inferred from fossil pollen assemblages, but these inferred climates are colder than those produced by climate simulations. Biogeographic evidence also argues against these inferred cold climates. The recolonization of glaciated z...