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30,000 years of landscape and vegetation dynamics in a mid-elevation Andean valley

McMichael, C. N. H. (författare)
Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Dept Ecosyst & Landscape Dynam, Sci Pk 904, NL-1098 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Witteveen, N. H. (författare)
Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Dept Ecosyst & Landscape Dynam, Sci Pk 904, NL-1098 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scholz, S. (författare)
Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Dept Ecosyst & Landscape Dynam, Sci Pk 904, NL-1098 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Zwier, M. (författare)
Vrije Univ, Dept Earth Sci, De Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands; Univ Bergen, Dept Biol Sci, Thormohlensgate 53A, N-5006 Bergen, Norway; Univ Bergen, Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, Thormohlensgate 53A, N-5006 Bergen, Norway
Prins, M. A. (författare)
Vrije Univ, Dept Earth Sci, De Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lougheed, Bryan C., 1982- (författare)
Uppsala universitet,Paleobiologi
Mothes, P. (författare)
Escuela Politec Nacl, Inst Geofis, Quito 17012759, Ecuador
Gosling, W. D. (författare)
Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Dept Ecosyst & Landscape Dynam, Sci Pk 904, NL-1098 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Elsevier, 2021
2021
Engelska.
Ingår i: Quaternary Science Reviews. - : Elsevier. - 0277-3791 .- 1873-457X. ; 258
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  • The mid-elevation settings of the Andes are important biodiversity hotspots, yet little is known of their long-term ecology or environmental change. Here, we assess 30,000 years of landscape and vegetation dynamics on an alluvial terrace located in a mid-elevation valley of the Ecuadorian Andes (Campo Libre). We used loss-on-ignition and particle size analysis to reconstruct past river dynamics, charcoal analysis to reconstruct past fire regimes, and phytolith analysis to reconstruct vegetation change through time. Our results show that Campo Libre was a part of the active floodplain system of the Quijos River until 18,000 cal yr BP. The biggest vegetation change in vegetation at Campo Libre occurred ca. 13,000 cal yr BP, when the site warmed and dried, transforming the swampy alluvial terrace into a palm forest. As Ho-locene precipitation increased, the site transformed back into a swamp around 7500 cal yr BP, and it remained that way until maize agriculture began around 4600 cal yr BP. Local and regional fires were absent from the system until regional fires were detected ca. 3300 cal yr BP. By ca. 2700 cal yr BP, maize cultivation became frequent and regular. Climate, tectonic activity, and the human history have shaped the modern vegetation around Campo Libre, although during different periods of the Holocene. Our results demonstrate the ability of phytoliths to reconstruct vegetation change through time, and show that the mid-elevation Andean valley systems were highly dynamic over the last 30,000 years.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Naturgeografi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Physical Geography (hsv//eng)
NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)

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Charcoal
Fire
Eastern Andes
Holocene
Palms
Phytoliths
Pleistocene
River dynamics

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