A global modern pollen and spore dataset

2024/11/26 by Matthew J. Pound, Jennifer M.K. O’Keefe · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Lichen and fungal ecology #Plant and animal studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/01916122.2024.2431282

Abstract

Here we present a new global compilation of modern pollen and spore data for use in testing and evaluating palaeoclimate reconstruction methods. The resulting dataset contains 21,503 pollen assemblages from all continents, excluding Antarctica. All pollen assemblages have geographical coordinates, and the majority have an elevation measurement. Taxonomic nomenclature has been standardised.

Citations

• Late quaternary history of vegetation and climate of the Rajasthan desert, India
• The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource

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