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8. Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph depositional patterns in Kaziranga National Park, India: Implications for palaeoecology and palaeoherbivory analysis.

Author

Basumatary, Sadhan K, van Asperen, Eline N, McDonald, H Gregory, Tripathi, Swati, and Gogoi, Rajib

Subjects
*POLLEN, *NATIONAL parks & reserves, *FUNGAL spores, *PALYNOLOGY
Abstract

The main aim of this study is to produce a modern analog for pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) preserved in soil in relation to the different vegetation types and herbivore impact in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP). The pollen data obtained reflects both the extant vegetation types in each habitat as well as landuse, but some site-by-site variation was observed with respect to the coprophilous fungal spores present in the palynoassemblage. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) analysis of pollen data reveals the presence of five significantly different vegetation types, while the non-pollen palynomorphs are relatively similar in relation to the different vegetation types. The long-term association of the wildlife and their impact on different vegetation types is one of the main reasons for the variation seen in the depositional pattern in the assemblage. The openland area is one of the most important areas for wildlife in the KNP as indicated by the presence of marker pollen and coprophilous fungal spores in the palynoassemblages. Coprophilous fungal spores were most abundant in this vegetation type reflecting the higher density of herbivores. The representation of pollen and coprophilous fungal spores from the swamp samples reflected the overall composition of all vegetation types existing in the KNP. This data can be utilized as a baseline for the interpretation of paleoecological and paleoherbivory studies in other parts of the Indian subcontinent as well as its potential application at a global level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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13. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

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Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., and Witkowski, Andrzej

Published
2014

16. Relating dung fungal spore influx rates to animal density in a temperate environment: Implications for palaeoecological studies

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van Asperen, Eline N, Kirby, Jason R, Shaw, Helen E, van Asperen, Eline N, Kirby, Jason R, and Shaw, Helen E

Abstract

The management of the remainder of Europe’s once extensive forests is hampered by a poor understanding of the character of the vegetation and drivers of change before the onset of clearance for farming. Pollen data indicate a closed-canopy, mixed-deciduous forest, contrasting with the assertion that large herbivores would have maintained a mosaic of open grassland, regenerating scrub and forested groves. Coprophilous fungal spores from sedimentary sequences are increasingly used as a proxy for past herbivore impact on vegetation, but the method faces methodological and taphonomical issues. Using pollen trap data from a long-running experiment in Chillingham Wild Cattle Park, UK, we investigate the first steps in the mechanisms connecting herbivore density to the incorporation of fungal spores in sediments and assess the effects of environmental variables on this relationship. Herbivore utilisation levels correlate with dung fungal spore abundance. Chillingham is densely populated by large herbivores, but dung fungal spore influx is low. Herbivores may thus be present on the landscape but go undetected. The absence of dung fungal spores is therefore less informative than their presence. Dung fungal spores likely enter the sediment record through a different pathway from wind-borne pollen and thus dung fungal abundance is better expressed as influx rates than as percentage of total pollen. Landscape openness, vegetation type and site wetness do not distort the impact of utilisation levels on dung fungal spore representation. However, dung fungal spore influx varies markedly between seasons and years. Spores travel, leading to a background level of spore deposition across the landscape, and at times a depletion of spores, especially under wet weather conditions. Animal behaviour, as well as husbandry practices, can lead to the accumulation of dung, and thus fungal spores, in specific locations on the landscape that do not directly reflect grazing pressure.

Published
2020

22. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

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Seddon, Alistair W.R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne, Juggins, Steve, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, W.E.N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H.G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Marisuz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez- Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, Seddon, Alistair W.R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne, Juggins, Steve, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, W.E.N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H.G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Marisuz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez- Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., and Witkowski, Andrzej

Abstract

1. Priority question exercises are becoming an increasingly common tool to frame future agendas in conservation and ecological science. They are an effective way to identify resear ch foci that advance the field and that also have high policy and conservation relevance. 2. To date, there has been no coherent synthesis of key questions and priority research areas for pal- aeoecology, which combines biological, geochemical and molecular techniques in order to recon- struct past ecological and environmental systems on time-scales from decades to millions of years. 3. We adapted a well-established methodology to identify 50 priority research questions in palaeoe- cology. Using a set of criteria designed to identify realistic and achievable research goals, we selected questions from a pool submitted by the international palaeoecology research community and relevant policy practitioners. 4. The integration of online participation, both before and during the workshop, increased interna- tional engagement in question selection. 5. The questions selected are structured around six themes: human–environment interactions in the Anthropocene; biodiversity, conservation and novel ecosystems; biodiversity over long time-scales; ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycling; comparing, combining and synthesizing informa- tion from multiple records; and new developments in palaeo ecology. 6. Future opportunities in palaeoecology are related to improved incorporation of uncertainty into reconstructions, an enhanced understanding of ecological and evolutionary dynamics and processes and the continued application of long-term data for better-informed landscape management. 7. Synthesis. Palaeoecology is a vibrant and thriving discipline, and these 50 priority questions high- light its potential for addressing both pure (e.g. ecological and evolutionary, methodological) and applied (e.g. environmental and conservation) issues related to ecological science and global change

Published
2014

23. Looking forward through the past:identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

Author

Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogues, David Bravo, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, Lopez-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogue, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogues, David Bravo, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, Lopez-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogue, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., and Witkowski, Andrzej

Published
2014

24. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

Author

Seddon, Alistair W. R., primary, Mackay, Anson W., additional, Baker, Ambroise G., additional, Birks, H. John B., additional, Breman, Elinor, additional, Buck, Caitlin E., additional, Ellis, Erle C., additional, Froyd, Cynthia A., additional, Gill, Jacquelyn L., additional, Gillson, Lindsey, additional, Johnson, Edward A., additional, Jones, Vivienne J., additional, Juggins, Stephen, additional, Macias‐Fauria, Marc, additional, Mills, Keely, additional, Morris, Jesse L., additional, Nogués‐Bravo, David, additional, Punyasena, Surangi W., additional, Roland, Thomas P., additional, Tanentzap, Andrew J., additional, Willis, Kathy J., additional, Aberhan, Martin, additional, van Asperen, Eline N., additional, Austin, William E. N., additional, Battarbee, Rick W., additional, Bhagwat, Shonil, additional, Belanger, Christina L., additional, Bennett, Keith D., additional, Birks, Hilary H., additional, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, additional, Brooks, Stephen J., additional, de Bruyn, Mark, additional, Butler, Paul G., additional, Chambers, Frank M., additional, Clarke, Stewart J., additional, Davies, Althea L., additional, Dearing, John A., additional, Ezard, Thomas H. G., additional, Feurdean, Angelica, additional, Flower, Roger J., additional, Gell, Peter, additional, Hausmann, Sonja, additional, Hogan, Erika J., additional, Hopkins, Melanie J., additional, Jeffers, Elizabeth S., additional, Korhola, Atte A., additional, Marchant, Robert, additional, Kiefer, Thorsten, additional, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, additional, Larocque‐Tobler, Isabelle, additional, López‐Merino, Lourdes, additional, Liow, Lee H., additional, McGowan, Suzanne, additional, Miller, Joshua H., additional, Montoya, Encarni, additional, Morton, Oliver, additional, Nogué, Sandra, additional, Onoufriou, Chloe, additional, Boush, Lisa P., additional, Rodriguez‐Sanchez, Francisco, additional, Rose, Neil L., additional, Sayer, Carl D., additional, Shaw, Helen E., additional, Payne, Richard, additional, Simpson, Gavin, additional, Sohar, Kadri, additional, Whitehouse, Nicki J., additional, Williams, John W., additional, and Witkowski, Andrzej, additional

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2013
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26. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

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Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya Romo, Encarnacion, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, McGlone, Matt, Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya Romo, Encarnacion, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, and McGlone, Matt

Abstract

1. Priority question exercises are becoming an increasingly common tool to frame future agendas in conservation and ecological science. They are an effective way to identify research foci that advance the field and that also have high policy and conservation relevance. 2. To date, there has been no coherent synthesis of key questions and priority research areas for palaeoecology, which combines biological, geochemical and molecular techniques in order to reconstruct past ecological and environmental systems on time-scales from decades to millions of years. 3. We adapted a well-established methodology to identify 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology. Using a set of criteria designed to identify realistic and achievable research goals, we selected questions from a pool submitted by the international palaeoecology research community and relevant policy practitioners. 4. The integration of online participation, both before and during the workshop, increased international engagement in question selection. 5. The questions selected are structured around six themes: human–environment interactions in the Anthropocene; biodiversity, conservation and novel ecosystems; biodiversity over long time-scales; ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycling; comparing, combining and synthesizing information from multiple records; and new developments in palaeoecology. 6. Future opportunities in palaeoecology are related to improved incorporation of uncertainty into reconstructions, an enhanced understanding of ecological and evolutionary dynamics and processes and the continued application of long-term data for better-informed landscape management. 7. Synthesis. Palaeoecology is a vibrant and thriving discipline, and these 50 priority questions highlight its potential for addressing both pure (e.g. ecological and evolutionary, methodological) and applied (e.g. environmental and conservation) issues related to ecological science and global change.

27. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

Author

Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya Romo, Encarnacion, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, McGlone, Matt, Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya Romo, Encarnacion, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, and McGlone, Matt

Abstract

1. Priority question exercises are becoming an increasingly common tool to frame future agendas in conservation and ecological science. They are an effective way to identify research foci that advance the field and that also have high policy and conservation relevance. 2. To date, there has been no coherent synthesis of key questions and priority research areas for palaeoecology, which combines biological, geochemical and molecular techniques in order to reconstruct past ecological and environmental systems on time-scales from decades to millions of years. 3. We adapted a well-established methodology to identify 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology. Using a set of criteria designed to identify realistic and achievable research goals, we selected questions from a pool submitted by the international palaeoecology research community and relevant policy practitioners. 4. The integration of online participation, both before and during the workshop, increased international engagement in question selection. 5. The questions selected are structured around six themes: human–environment interactions in the Anthropocene; biodiversity, conservation and novel ecosystems; biodiversity over long time-scales; ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycling; comparing, combining and synthesizing information from multiple records; and new developments in palaeoecology. 6. Future opportunities in palaeoecology are related to improved incorporation of uncertainty into reconstructions, an enhanced understanding of ecological and evolutionary dynamics and processes and the continued application of long-term data for better-informed landscape management. 7. Synthesis. Palaeoecology is a vibrant and thriving discipline, and these 50 priority questions highlight its potential for addressing both pure (e.g. ecological and evolutionary, methodological) and applied (e.g. environmental and conservation) issues related to ecological science and global change.

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