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  <dc:contributor>John W. Williams</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Stephen T. Jackson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Rachel A. Jones</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2017</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The timing and drivers of vegetation dynamics and formation of no-analog plant communities during the last deglaciation in the unglaciated southeastern US are poorly understood. We present a multi-proxy record spanning the past 19,800 years from Cupola Pond in the Ozarks Mountains, consisting of replicate high-resolution pollen records, 25 AMS radiocarbon dates, and macrofossil, charcoal, and coprophilous spore analyses. Full-glacial&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Picea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;forests gave way to no-analog vegetation after 17,400&amp;nbsp;yr BP, followed by development of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Quercus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;-dominated Holocene forests, with late Holocene rises in&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nyssa&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Vegetation transitions, replicated in different cores, are closely linked to hemispheric climate events. Rising&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Quercus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;abundances coincide with increasing Northern Hemisphere temperatures and CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;at 17,500&amp;nbsp;yr BP, declining&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Picea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;at 14,500&amp;nbsp;yr BP are near the Bølling-Allerød onset, and rapid decline of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fraxinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and rise of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ostrya/Carpinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;occur 12,700&amp;nbsp;yr BP during the Younger Dryas. The Cupola no-analog vegetation record is unusual for its early initiation (17,000&amp;nbsp;yr BP) and for its three vegetation zones, representing distinct rises of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fraxinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ostrya/Carpinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sporormiella&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;was absent and sedimentary charcoal abundances were low throughout, suggesting that fire and megaherbivores were not locally important agents of disturbance and turnover. The Cupola record thus highlights the complexity of the late-glacial no-analog communities and suggests direct climatic regulation of their formation and disassembly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.024</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Vegetation history since the last glacial maximum in the Ozark highlands (USA): A new record from Cupola Pond, Missouri</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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