H. John B. Birks

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize palaeoclimate records from the mid-latitude arid Asian region dominated today by the Westerlies ("arid central Asia" (ACA)) to evaluate spatial and temporal patterns of moisture changes during the Holocene.

TL;DR: Fifty-five paleolimnological records from lakes in the circumpolar Arctic reveal widespread species changes and ecological reorganizations in algae and invertebrate communities since approximately anno Domini 1850, indicating that the opportunity to study arctic ecosystems unaffected by human influences may have disappeared.

TL;DR: In this article, a set of environmental variables relating to the physical limnology, geography, catchment characteristics, climate, and water chemistry were recorded or measured for each lake and the explanatory power of each of these predictor variables for the different biological data-sets was estimated by a series of canonical correspondence analyses (CCA) and the statistical significance of each model was assessed by Monte Carlo permutation tests.

TL;DR: The role of agroforestry systems can play an important role in biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes and alleviating resource-use pressure on conservation areas is examined.

TL;DR: A well-dated, pollen-based, ~20-yr-resolution quantitative precipitation reconstruction from an alpine lake in North China, which provides for the first time a direct record of EASM evolution since 14.7 ka, points to strong internal feedback processes driving the EASm, and may aid the understanding of future monsoon behaviour under ongoing anthropogenic climate change.