Late Holocene in central Brazil : vegetation changes and humidity variability in a tropical wetland.
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2021
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The Pandeiros wetland is a high biodiversity ecosystem located within a semiarid region of the Cerrado
biome, a neotropical savanna. This large wetland is of key importance for ecological and hydrological balance in
central Brazil and for the conservation of the Cerrado fauna and flora. In this study, we present the first
palaeoecological investigation of the Pandeiros wetland based on pollen analysis of a palm swamp sediment core
encompassing the Late Holocene. Our results show that the wetland was subject to multicentennial‐scale oscillations
in water availability during the Late Holocene; in particular, higher local humidity was documented between 4100
and 3100 cal a BP and from 2600 to 1000 cal a BP, and two events of drier local conditions occurred at approximately
2900 and 900 cal a BP. Our results also indicate a general decreasing trend in arboreal density in the Pandeiros River
Basin from the beginning of the Late Holocene to the present, with the greatest expansion of dry forest occurring
between 3600 and 3100 cal a BP.
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Cerrado, Neotropical, Pollen, Savanna
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SABINO, S. M. L. et al. Late Holocene in central Brazil: vegetation changes and humidity variability in a tropical wetland. Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 36, p. 1028-1039, 2021. Disponível em: <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jqs.3351>. Acesso em: 29 abr. 2022.