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Impact of mid- to late Holocene precipitation changes on vegetation across lowland tropical South America: a paleo-data synthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Richard J. Smith  and
Francis E. Mayle
Richard J. Smith*
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Centre for Past Climate Change and Department of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES), Whiteknights, PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom
Francis E. Mayle
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Centre for Past Climate Change and Department of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES), Whiteknights, PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom
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*Corresponding author at: University of Reading, Centre for Past Climate Change and Department of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES), Whiteknights, PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom. E-mail address: [email protected] (R. Smith).
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Abstract

A multi-proxy paleo-data synthesis of 110 sites is presented, exploring the impact of mid- to late Holocene precipitation changes upon vegetation across Southern Hemisphere tropical South America. We show that the most significant vegetation changes occurred in southwest Amazonia and southeast Brazil, regions reliant on precipitation derived from the South American summer monsoon (SASM). A drier mid-Holocene in these regions, linked to a weaker SASM, favored more open vegetation (savannah/grasslands) than present, while increased late-Holocene precipitation drove expansion of humid forests (e.g., evergreen tropical forest in southwest Amazonia, Araucaria forests in southeast Brazil). The tropical forests of central, western and eastern Amazonia remained largely intact throughout this 6000-year period. Northeastern Brazil’s climate is “antiphased” with the rest of tropical South America, but a lack of paleo-data limits our understanding of how vegetation responded to a wetter (drier) mid-(late) Holocene. From this paleo-data perspective, we conclude that ecotonal forests already close to their climatic thresholds are most vulnerable to predicted future drought, but the forest biome in the core of Amazonia is likely to be more resilient. Of greater concern are widespread deforestation and uncontrolled anthropogenic burning, which will decrease ecosystem resilience, making them more vulnerable than they might be without current anthropogenic pressures.

Keywords

AmazoniaTropical South AmericaHoloceneClimate changePaleoecologyData synthesis
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Tribute to Daniel Livingstone and Paul Colinvaux
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Quaternary Research , Volume 89 , Issue 1: Tribute to Daniel Livingstone and Paul Colinvaux , January 2018 , pp. 134 - 155
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017 

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