Session: Late Quaternary Ecosystem Dynamics and Carbon Cycling in the Tropics (XVI INQUA Congress)

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Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

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8:10 AM

INDONESIA BURNING: THE CONTEMPORARY ROLE OF FIRE IN THE CARBON DYNAMICS OF TROPICAL PEATLANDS

PAGE, Susan, Department of Geography, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, RIELEY, Jack, School of Geography, Univ of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom and SIEGERT, Florian, Biology Department II, Ludwigs Maximilians Univ, Munich, 80333, Germany, sep5@le.ac.uk, sep5@le.ac.uk

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8:30 AM

BIOMASS BURNING AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS OF THE SAHULIAN RAINFORESTS

HABERLE, Simon G., Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, RSPAS, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia, simon.haberle@anu.edu.au, simon.haberle@anu.edu.au

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8:50 AM

THE RESPONSE OF VEGETATION TO ICE VOLUME, MONSOON AND ENSO CLIMATE FORCING AND HUMAN IMPACT IN THE SOUTHERN INDO-PACIFIC WARM POOL REGION

KERSHAW, A Peter¹, VAN DER KAARS, Sander¹ and MOSS, Patrick T², (1)School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash Univ, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia, (2)Department of Geography, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, peter.kershaw@arts.monash.edu.au, peter.kershaw@arts.monash.edu.au

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9:10 AM

CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND CARBON DIOXIDE ON AMAZONIAN ECOSYSTEMS SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM

BEERLING, David J., Animal and Plant Sciences, Univ of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom, MAYLE, Francis Edward, Geography, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom and VALDES, Paul J., Meteorology, Univ of Reading, Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom, fem1@leicester.ac.uk, fem1@leicester.ac.uk

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9:30 AM

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9:50 AM

LATE QUATERNARY VEGETATION AND CLIMATE DYNAMICS IN AMAZONIA AND CARBON STORGE CHANGES

BEHLING, Hermann, Ctr for Tropical Marine Ecology, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, Bremen, 28359, Germany, hbehling@zmt.uni-bremen.de, hbehling@zmt.uni-bremen.de

10:10 AM

Break

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10:30 AM

DYNAMICS OF CENTRAL ANDEAN HIGHLAND VEGETATION SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM

WENG, Chengyu and BUSH, Mark B., Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, cweng@fit.edu, cweng@fit.edu

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10:50 AM

LATE QUATERNARY CHANGES IN CARBON CYCLING ON THE SW MARGIN OF AMAZONIA: CARBON-ISOTOPE EVIDENCE

STREET-PERROTT, F. Alayne¹, MAYLE, Francis², METCALFE, Philip¹, LOADER, Neil J.¹, FICKEN, Katherine J.¹ and KILLEEN, Tim³, (1)Geography, Univ of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom, (2)Geography, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, (3)Center of Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation Int'l, 2501 M Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20037, f.a.street-perrott@swan.ac.uk, f.a.street-perrott@swan.ac.uk

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11:10 AM

POLLEN- AND MODEL-BASED BIOME RECONSTRUCTIONS FOR COLOMBIA: AN APPRECIATION OF ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY

MARCHANT, Robert¹, BOOM, Arnoud², KAPLAN, Jed³, BEHLING, Hermann⁴, CARLOS BERRIO, Juan⁵, CLEEF, Antoine⁵ and HOOGHIEMSTRA, Henry⁵, (1)Department of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, (2)Department für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre Am Hochanger 1, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, (3)Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Univ of Victoria, PO Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada, (4)Centre for Tropical Maritime Ecology, Fahrenheitstrasße. 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany, (5)Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), Univ of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Postbus 94062, 1090 GB Amsterdam, Denmark, marchanr@tcd.ie, marchanr@tcd.ie

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11:30 AM

PALAEO-BIOCOMPLEXITY: PAST MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND ELEMENTAL CYCLING IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE HOLOCENE EVIDENT FROM POLLEN, STABLE ISOTOPE AND STOMATAL ANALYSES

WOOLLER, Matthew J, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, Water and Environmental Research Center, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, Duckering Building, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860, BEHLING, Hermann, Ctr for Tropical Marine Ecology, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, Bremen, 28359, Germany, FOGEL, Marilyn, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, DC 20912, JACOBSON, Myrna, , , California, Univ of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371 and SMALLWOOD, Barbara, Department of Oceanography, 403a, O and M Building, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-3146, ffmjw@uaf.edu, ffmjw@uaf.edu

XVI INQUA Congress

S28. Late Quaternary Ecosystem Dynamics and Carbon Cycling in the Tropics