Pollen counts of sediment core GeoB16205-4 from Parnaiba, NE Brazil, supplement to: Bouimetarhan, Ilham; Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur; González-Arango, Catalina; Dupont, Lydie M; Voigt, Ines; Prange, Matthias; Zonneveld, Karin A F (2018): Intermittent development of forest corridors in northeastern Brazil during the last deglaciation: Climatic and ecologic evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 192, 86-96

• Main Authors: Bouimetarhan, Ilham, Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur, González-Arango, Catalina, Dupont, Lydie M, Voigt, Ines, Prange, Matthias, Zonneveld, Karin A F
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2018
• Subjects: AGE; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Gramineae; Cyperaceae; Rhizophora; Typha; Podocarpus; Artemisia; Asteroideae; Ephedra distachya-type; Ephedra fragilis-type; Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae; Plantago; Acacia; Boscia-type; Mitracarpus; Ziziphus; Mimosa-type; Borreria; Cassia-type; Celtis; Phyllanthus-type; Piliostigma; Vernonia-type; Alchornea; Stereospermum-type; Euphorbia-type; Rubiaceae spp.; Galium; Ilex; Scrophulariaceae/Solanaceae; Fabaceae; Rutaceae; Caesalpiniaceae; Hedyosmum/Convolvulaceae; Anacardiaceae; Acanthaceae; Bertiera-type; Ambrosia; Trichilia; Malvaceae; Arecaceae; Myricaceae; Didynopamax; Sporomorphs indeterminables; Melastomataceae; Burseraceae; Pollen total; Spores total; Pollen and spores; Particle, charred; Gravity corer Kiel type; Counting, palynology; MSM20/3; Maria S. Merian; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences MARUM; Catalina; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.889701; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.889701

The semi-arid northeastern (NE) Brazil vegetation is largely dominated by Caatinga, one of the largest and richest dry forests in the world. Caatinga is a strategic biome, since it has borders with Cerrado, Atlantic forests and the Amazon, acting as a potential corridor (or barrier) for biotic inter...