Articles | Volume 12, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1137-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1137-2016
Research article
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11 May 2016
Research article |  | 11 May 2016

Spatial climate dynamics in the Iberian Peninsula since 15 000 yr BP

Pedro Tarroso, José Carrión, Miriam Dorado-Valiño, Paula Queiroz, Luisa Santos, Ana Valdeolmillos-Rodríguez, Paulo Célio Alves, José Carlos Brito, and Rachid Cheddadi

Data sets

European Pollen Database EPD Sites: M. Leydet (Data Manager) http://www.europeanpollendatabase.net

Climate data set R. J. Hijmans, S. E. Cameron, J. L. Parra, P. G. Jones, and A. Jarvis http://www.worldclim.org

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Distribution data sets: Jan Legind (Data Manager) http://www.gbif.org

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Short summary
The climate fluctuates between warm and cold stages, forcing biodiversity to shift patterns according to climatic tolerance. Here we provide an analysis of the shifting patterns of climate in the Iberian Peninsula for the last 15 000 years. By analysing climate in the spatial and temporal dimensions, we were able to divide the peninsula into areas that shared similar climate patterns and to derive a map of climate stability for this period.