Comment on "The response of vegetation on the Andean flank in western Amazonia to Pleistocene climate change".
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Cárdenas et al. (Reports, 25 February 2011, p. 1055) used the presence of Podocarpus pollen and wood to infer ≥5°C cooling of Andean forests during Quaternary glacial periods. We show that (i) Podocarpus has a wide elevation range in the Neotropics, and (ii) edaphic factors cannot be discounted as a factor governing its distribution. Paleoecologists should therefore reevaluate Podocarpus as a cool-temperature proxy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 333 6051 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011