The geological record shows that abrupt changes in the Earth system can occur on
timescales short enough to challenge the capacity of human societies to adapt to …

The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

Global vegetation over the past 18,000 years has been transformed first by the climate
changes that accompanied the last deglaciation and again by increasing human pressures; …

The Neotoma Paleoecology Database is a community-curated data resource that supports
interdisciplinary global change research by enabling broad-scale studies of taxon and …

During the Anthropocene and other eras of rapidly changing climates, rates of change of
ecological systems can be described as fast, slow or abrupt. Fast ecological responses …

Climate change is shifting the ranges of species. Simple predictive metrics of range shifts
such as climate velocity, that do not require extensive knowledge or data on individual …

Conventions and policies for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation state
the need for increased protection, restoration and climate change adaptation of forests …

Inconsistencies between Holocene climate reconstructions and numerical model
simulations question the robustness of climate models and proxy temperature records …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Forests in Germany cover around 11.4 million hectares and, thus, a share of 32% of
Germany's surface area. Therefore, forests shape the character of the country's cultural …