Earth System Science Data (Sep 2017)
The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period
- M. F. Sánchez Goñi,
- M. F. Sánchez Goñi,
- S. Desprat,
- S. Desprat,
- A.-L. Daniau,
- F. C. Bassinot,
- J. M. Polanco-Martínez,
- J. M. Polanco-Martínez,
- S. P. Harrison,
- S. P. Harrison,
- J. R. M. Allen,
- R. S. Anderson,
- H. Behling,
- R. Bonnefille,
- F. Burjachs,
- J. S. Carrión,
- R. Cheddadi,
- J. S. Clark,
- N. Combourieu-Nebout,
- Colin. J. Courtney Mustaphi,
- G. H. Debusk,
- L. M. Dupont,
- J. M. Finch,
- W. J. Fletcher,
- M. Giardini,
- C. González,
- W. D. Gosling,
- L. D. Grigg,
- E. C. Grimm,
- R. Hayashi,
- K. Helmens,
- L. E. Heusser,
- T. Hill,
- G. Hope,
- B. Huntley,
- Y. Igarashi,
- T. Irino,
- B. Jacobs,
- G. Jiménez-Moreno,
- S. Kawai,
- A. P. Kershaw,
- F. Kumon,
- I. T. Lawson,
- M.-P. Ledru,
- A.-M. Lézine,
- P. M. Liew,
- D. Magri,
- R. Marchant,
- V. Margari,
- F. E. Mayle,
- G. M. McKenzie,
- P. Moss,
- S. Müller,
- U. C. Müller,
- F. Naughton,
- F. Naughton,
- R. M. Newnham,
- T. Oba,
- R. Pérez-Obiol,
- R. Pini,
- C. Ravazzi,
- K. H. Roucoux,
- S. M. Rucina,
- L. Scott,
- H. Takahara,
- P. C. Tzedakis,
- D. H. Urrego,
- B. van Geel,
- B. G. Valencia,
- M. J. Vandergoes,
- A. Vincens,
- C. L. Whitlock,
- D. A. Willard,
- M. Yamamoto
Affiliations
- M. F. Sánchez Goñi
- EPHE, PSL Research University, 33615 Pessac, France
- M. F. Sánchez Goñi
- Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
- S. Desprat
- EPHE, PSL Research University, 33615 Pessac, France
- S. Desprat
- Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
- A.-L. Daniau
- CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
- F. C. Bassinot
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- J. M. Polanco-Martínez
- Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33615 Pessac, France
- J. M. Polanco-Martínez
- Basque Centre for Climate Change – BC3, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- S. P. Harrison
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia
- S. P. Harrison
- School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences (SAGES), Reading University, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AB, UK
- J. R. M. Allen
- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
- R. S. Anderson
- Environmental Programs, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
- H. Behling
- Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
- R. Bonnefille
- CEREGE (UMR 6635), Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, Europole de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
- F. Burjachs
- ICREA Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Campus Sescelades URV, W3, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- J. S. Carrión
- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
- R. Cheddadi
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554 Université Montpellier 2, Bat.22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France
- J. S. Clark
- Duke Trinity College of Art and Sciences, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- N. Combourieu-Nebout
- UMR 7194 CNRS, Histoire naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 75013 Paris, France
- Colin. J. Courtney Mustaphi
- The York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE), Environment Department, University of York, York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
- G. H. Debusk
- Department of Zoology, Duke University, Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708–0325, USA
- L. M. Dupont
- MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- J. M. Finch
- Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- W. J. Fletcher
- Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology, Geography, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- M. Giardini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, 1303 Rome, Italy
- C. González
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, A.A. 4976 Bogotá, Colombia
- W. D. Gosling
- Department of Ecosystems & Landscape Ecology, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- L. D. Grigg
- Geology and Environmental Science Department, Norwich University, Northfield, VT 05663, USA
- E. C. Grimm
- University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- R. Hayashi
- Lake Biwa Museum, Oroshimocho1091, Kusatsu 525-0001, Japan
- K. Helmens
- Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- L. E. Heusser
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10601, USA
- T. Hill
- Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- G. Hope
- Department of Archaeology and Natural History, The Australian National University, Fellows Road, Acton ACT 0200, Australia
- B. Huntley
- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
- Y. Igarashi
- Institute for Paleoenvironment of Northern Regions, Koyocho 3-7-5, Kitahiroshima 061-1134, Japan
- T. Irino
- Geological Institute, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- B. Jacobs
- Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, USA
- G. Jiménez-Moreno
- Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- S. Kawai
- Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
- A. P. Kershaw
- School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
- F. Kumon
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
- I. T. Lawson
- Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK
- M.-P. Ledru
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554 Université Montpellier 2, Bat.22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France
- A.-M. Lézine
- LOCEAN – Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, UPMC, 75252 Paris, France
- P. M. Liew
- Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
- D. Magri
- Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, 1303 Rome, Italy
- R. Marchant
- The York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE), Environment Department, University of York, York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
- V. Margari
- Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- F. E. Mayle
- Centre for Past Climate Change, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AB, UK
- G. M. McKenzie
- School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
- P. Moss
- School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
- S. Müller
- Freie Universität Berlin, Geological Sciences, Palaeontology Section, 12249 Berlin, Germany
- U. C. Müller
- Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany
- F. Naughton
- Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Algarve University, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- F. Naughton
- Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA), Rua Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho 6, 1495-006 Lisbon, Portugal
- R. M. Newnham
- School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
- T. Oba
- Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N10-W5 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- R. Pérez-Obiol
- Unitat de Botànica, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- R. Pini
- C.N.R. – Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali, Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleoecologia, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
- C. Ravazzi
- C.N.R. – Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali, Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleoecologia, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
- K. H. Roucoux
- Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK
- S. M. Rucina
- Department of Earth Sciences, Palynology and Palaeobotany Section, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
- L. Scott
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- H. Takahara
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5 Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
- P. C. Tzedakis
- Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- D. H. Urrego
- Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
- B. van Geel
- Department of Paleoecology and Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- B. G. Valencia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
- M. J. Vandergoes
- GNS Science1 Fairway Drive, Avalon P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand
- A. Vincens
- CEREGE (UMR 6635), Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, Europole de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
- C. L. Whitlock
- Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
- D. A. Willard
- U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA
- M. Yamamoto
- Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N10-W5 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
pp. 679 – 695
Abstract
Quaternary records provide an opportunity to examine the nature of the vegetation and fire responses to rapid past climate changes comparable in velocity and magnitude to those expected in the 21st-century. The best documented examples of rapid climate change in the past are the warming events associated with the Dansgaard–Oeschger (D–O) cycles during the last glacial period, which were sufficiently large to have had a potential feedback through changes in albedo and greenhouse gas emissions on climate. Previous reconstructions of vegetation and fire changes during the D–O cycles used independently constructed age models, making it difficult to compare the changes between different sites and regions. Here, we present the ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database, which includes 93 pollen records from the last glacial period (73–15 ka) with a temporal resolution better than 1000 years, 32 of which also provide charcoal records. A harmonized and consistent chronology based on radiometric dating (14C, 234U∕230Th, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), 40Ar∕39Ar-dated tephra layers) has been constructed for 86 of these records, although in some cases additional information was derived using common control points based on event stratigraphy. The ACER database compiles metadata including geospatial and dating information, pollen and charcoal counts, and pollen percentages of the characteristic biomes and is archived in Microsoft AccessTM at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870867.
