@article {2713,
	title = {A human role in Andean megafaunal extinction?},
	journal = {Quaternary Science Reviews},
	volume = {205},
	year = {2019},
	month = {Jan-02-2019},
	pages = {154 - 165},
	abstract = {A new fossil pollen, Sporormiella, and sediment chemistry record from Lake Llaviucu, Ecuador, spanning the period from 16,280{\textendash}9000 years Before Present, provides a high-resolution record of paleoecological change in the high Andes. The deglacial transition from super-p{\'a}ramo through p{\'a}ramo grasslands, to Andean forest is traced, with near-modern systems being established by c. 11,900 years ago. It is suggested that forest elements probably existed in microrefugial populations close to the ice front. Sporormiella is used as a proxy for megafaunal abundance, and its decline to background levels is inferred to indicate a local extinction event at c. 12,800 years ago. About 1800 years prior to the extinction, charcoal becomes a regular sedimentary component in this very wet valley. An early date for human activity in the valley is suggested, with the direct implication of humans in the extinction of the megafauna.},
	keywords = {Andes, Deglaciation, Ecuador Extinction, Fossil pollen, Human arrival, Pleistocene megafauna, Sporormiella},
	issn = {02773791},
	doi = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.12.005},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379118307005},
	author = {Raczka, M.F. and Mosblech, N.A. and Giosan, L. and Valencia, B.G. and Folcik, A.M. and Kingston, M. and Baskin, S. and Bush, M.B.}
}
@article {2714,
	title = {Vegetation responses to late Holocene climate changes in an Andean forest},
	journal = {Quaternary Research},
	volume = {89},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-01-2018},
	pages = {60 - 74},
	abstract = {A paleoecological record from Lake Palotoa (1370 m elevation) in the Andean foothills of Peru spans the last 3800 years. Lake Palotoa lies near the modern cloud base in a location sensitive to changes in atmospheric moisture. In many areas, these forests have been destroyed, but Lake Palotoa shows no sign of human occupation today or in the past. The modern forest surrounding the lake is dominated by the Andean palm, Dictyocaryum lamarckianum, which is also the most abundant taxon in the fossil pollen record. Fossil pollen data show the vegetation assemblages have not experienced strong compositional changes in the late Holocene. Global-scale climatic events such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age (LIA) are identified within the record, though the vegetation responses are subtle. Hedyosmum and Sloanea pollen percentages increase near the onset of the MCA and may reflect decreased seasonality. The LIA coincides with increased Hedyosmum pollen percentages, and increases in Clethra and Begonia, two elements that tend to occupy forests now found at higher elevations. Our findings demonstrate the stability of montane forest systems to natural Holocene climate change.},
	keywords = {Cloud forest, Dictyocaryum, Fossil pollen, Little ice age, Medieval Climate Anomaly, seasonality, Tropical ecology},
	issn = {0033-5894},
	doi = {10.1017/qua.2017.64},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0033589417000643/type/journal_article},
	author = {Schiferl, Jacob D. and Bush, Mark B. and Silman, Miles R. and Urrego, Dunia H.}
}
