The influence of abrupt climate change on the ice-age vegetation of the Central American lowlands

• Main Authors: Correa-Metrio, Alexander, Bush, Mark B., Hodell, David A., Brenner, Mark, Escobar, Jaime, Guilderson, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano 2012
• Subjects: Central American lowlands; Glacial diversity; Heinrich events; Last Glacial Maximum; Pinus; Pinus savannas; Pleistocene vegetation change; Quercus; Vegetation history; Yucatan Peninsula; Cambios climáticos > Investigaciones; Mitigación del cambio climático; American Lake; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/9900; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02618.x

Aim To investigate the effects of abrupt climate change in the North Atlantic on the vegetation history of lowland Central America. We use palynological evidence from a Central American lake on the Yucatan Peninsula to evaluate the effects of rapid climate changes during the last ice age, between 65...