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Effects of past climate variability on fire and vegetation in the cerrãdo savanna of the Huanchaca Mesetta, NE Bolivia
S. Y. Maezumi
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Department of Archaeology, College of Humanities, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK
Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, USA
Department of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm: 270, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
M. J. Power
Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, USA
Department of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm: 270, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
F. E. Mayle
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Centre for Past Climate Change, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 227, Reading RG6, UK
K. K. McLauchlan
Department of Geography, Kansas State University, 118 Seaton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
J. Iriarte
Department of Archaeology, College of Humanities, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK
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A 14,500-year, high-resolution, sedimentary record from Huanchaca Mesetta, a palm swamp located in the cerrãdo savanna in northeastern Bolivia, was analyzed for phytoliths, stable isotopes and charcoal. A non-analogue, cold-adapted vegetation community dominated the Late Glacial-Early Holocene period (14.5-9ka), which included trees and C3 Pooideae and C4 Panicoideae grasses. The Late Glacial vegetation was fire sensitive and fire activity during this period was low, likely responding to fuel av
A 14,500-year, high-resolution, sedimentary record from Huanchaca Mesetta, a palm swamp located...
