William Fletcher

2023

Atmospheric CO2 forcing on Mediterranean biomes during the past 500 kyrs

Koutsodendris, A., Dakos, V., Fletcher, W., Knipping, M., Kotthoff, U., Milner, A. M., Müller, U., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Kern, O., Kolb, L., Vahkrameeva, P., Wulf, S., Christanis, K., Schmiedl, G. & Pross, J., Dec 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, p. 1-12 12 p., 1664.

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Ecological impacts of the Industrial Revolution in a lowland raised peatbog near Manchester, NW England

Garcés-Pastor, S., Fletcher, W. & Ryan, P., 14 Feb 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 2, e9807.

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Holocene glacial landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Hughes, P., Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Cornelissen, H., Braithwaite, R. J., Fink, D. & Rhoujjati, A., 3 Nov 2023, European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene. Palacios, D., Hughes, P., Jomelli, V. & Tanarro, L. M. (eds.). Elsevier BV, p. 475-491

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Influence of common palynological extraction treatments on Ultraviolet Absorbing Compounds (UACs) in sub-fossil pollen and spores observed in FTIR spectra

Wang, T., Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P. & Wogelius, R. A., 7 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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Influence of flooding variability on the vegetation development of Amazonian peatlands

Sassoon, D., Roucoux, K. H., Lawson, I. T., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P., Honorio Coronado, E., del Aguila Pasquel, J., Bishop, T. & Åkesson, C. M., 2023.

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Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation

Serge, M., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M., Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, E., Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A., Trondman, A., Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Abel-Schaad, D., Åkesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S., Anderson, R., & 119 othersAndrič, M., Balakauskas, L., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H., Björkman, L., Bjune, A., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Currás, A., Czerwiński, S., David, R., Davies, A., De jong, R., Di rita, F., Dietre, B., Dörfler, W., Doyen, E., Edwards, K., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Franco-Múgica, F., Fredh, E., Froyd, C., Garcés-Pastor, S., García-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, G., González-Sampériz, P., Grant, M., Grindean, R., Haas, J., Hannon, G., Heather, A., Heikkilä, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Kabailienė, M., Kamerling, I., Kangur, M., Karpińska-Kołaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kołaczek, P., Lagerås, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., López-Sáez, J., Lowe, J., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Lukanina, E., Macijauskaitė, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Marquer, L., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernández, J., Mighall, T., Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Sobrino, C., Odgaard, B., Ozola, I., Pérez-Díaz, S., Pérez-Obiol, R., Poggi, C., Rego, P., Ramos-Román, M., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Rösch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M., Savukynienė, N., Schröder, T., Schult, M., Segerström, U., Seppä, H., Vives, G., Shumilovskikh, L., Smettan, H., Stancikaite, M., Stevenson, A., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., Van der knaap, W., Van leeuwen, J., Vecmane, E., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von stedingk, H., Waller, M., Wiethold, J., Willis, K., Wolters, S. & Zernitskaya, V., 29 Apr 2023, In: Land. 12, 5, 986.

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2022

Climate of the Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco: Temperature lapse rates and precipitation gradient from piedmont to summits

Bell, B. A., Hughes, P. D., Fletcher, W. J., Cornelissen, H. L., Rhoujjati, A., Hanich, L. & Braithwaite, R. J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 54, 1, p. 78-95

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Diatom-inferred centennial-millennial postglacial climate change in the Pacific Northwest of North America

Egan, J., Fletcher, W. & Allott, T. E. H., 26 May 2022, In: Journal of Paleolimnology.

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Palynological evidence from a sub-alpine marsh of enhanced Little Ice Age snowpack in the Marrakech High Atlas, North Africa

Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Hughes, P., Cornelissen, H., Fink, D. & Rhoujjati, A., Feb 2022, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 31, 1, p. 49-66 18 p.

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2021

Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) dynamics in the Welsh Marches during the Mid to Late Holocene

Sassoon, D., Fletcher, W., Hotchkiss, A., Owen, F. & Feng, L., 19 Feb 2021, In: The Holocene. 31, 6, p. 1033-1046 14 p.

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2020

Late Pleistocene glaciers and climate in the High Atlas, North Africa

Hughes, P., Fink, D. & Fletcher, W., 23 Oct 2020, Geological Society of America Special Paper : Untangling the Quaternary Period: A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter. Waitt, R. B., Thackray, G. D. & Gillespie, A. R. (eds.). Vol. 548.

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Late Pleistocene glaciers to present-day snowpatches: a review and research recommendations for the Marrakech High Atlas

Hughes, P. D., Fletcher, W. J., Bell, B. A., Braithwaite, R. J., Cornelissen, H. L., Fink, D. & Rhoujjati, A., 2020, In: Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews. 2, 1, p. 163-184 22 p.

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The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

EMPD group, 9 Oct 2020, In: Earth System Science Data. 12, 4, p. 2423-2445 23 p.

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Time-transgressive Holocene maximum of Temperate and Mediterranean forest development across the Iberian Peninsula reflects orbital forcing

Domingues Gomes, S., Fletcher, W., Stone, A., Abrantes, F. & Naughton, F., 15 Jul 2020, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 550

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2019

Human demography changes in Morocco and environmental imprint during the Holocene

Cheddadi, R., Palmisano, A., Lopez Saez, J. A., Nourelbait, M., Zielhofer, C., Tabel, J., Rhoujjati, A., Khater, C., Woodbridge, J., Lucarini, G., Broodbank, C., Fletcher, W. & Roberts, N., 2019, In: The Holocene.

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Palaeoenvironmental investigations around the Anta da Lajinha and the broader regional context

French, C., Fletcher, W., Madella, M., Ferreira, C., Almeida, N., Rosina, P. & Scarre, C., 27 Nov 2019, Megalithic Tombs in Western Iberia: Excavations at the Anta da Lajinha . Scarre, C. & Oosterbeek, L. (eds.). Oxbow Books, p. 139-170 32 p.

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Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations: the overlooked factor promoting forest development in southwestern Europe across Termination I? INQUA 2019

Domingues Gomes, S., Fletcher, W., Stone, A., Rodrigues, T., Oliveira, D., Sanchez Goñi, M. F., Abrantes, F. & Naughton, F., 27 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press).

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Stable carbon isotope analysis on fossil Cedrus pollen shows summer aridification in Morocco during the last 5000 years

Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Cornelissen, H., Campbell, J., Ryan, P., Grant, H. & Zielhofer, C., 4 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 34, 4-5, p. 323-332

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Terrestrial plant microfossils in palaeoenvironmental studies, pollen, microcharcoal and phytolith. Towards a comprehensive understanding of vegetation, fire and climate changes over the past one million years

Daniau, A. L., Desprat, S., Aleman, J. C., Bremond, L., Davis, B., Fletcher, W., Marlon, J. R., Marquer, L., Montade, V., Morales-Molino, C., Naughton, F., Rius, D. & Urrego, D. H., 2019, In: Revue de Micropaleontologie.

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Western Mediterranean hydro-climatic consequences of Holocene ice-rafted debris (Bond) events

Zielhofer, C., Köhler, A., Mischke, S., Benkaddour, A., Mikdad, A. & Fletcher, W. J., 2019, In: Climate of the Past. 15, 2, p. 463-475

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2018

Dating Pollen

Fletcher, W., 5 Dec 2018, 3 p. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Holocene forest dynamics in central and western Mediterranean: periodicity, spatio-temporal patterns and climate influence

Di Rita, F., Fletcher, W., Aranbarri Erkiaga, J., Margaritelli, G., Lirer, F. & Magri, D., 12 Jun 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8

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Pollen from the sea: a breakthrough in the mystery of the Ice Ages

Sanchez Goñi, M. F., Desprat, S., Fletcher, W., Morales del Molino, C., Naughton, F., Oliveira, D., Urrego, D. & Zorzi, C., 26 Jan 2018, In: Frontiers in Plant Science.

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The cryptotephra record of the Marine Isotope Stage 12 to 10 interval (460–335 ka) at Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Exploring chronological markers for the Middle Pleistocene of the Mediterranean region

Vakhrameeva, P., Fletcher, W., Koutsodendris, A., Trieloff, M., Pross, J., Wulf, S., Gertisser, R., Appelt, O. & Knipping, M., 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews.

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UV-B absorbing compounds in modern Cedrus atlantica pollen: The potential for a summer UV-B proxy for Northwest Africa

Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P., Seddon, A. W., Wogelius, R. A. & Ilmen, R., 2018, In: The Holocene.

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Vegetation change in the eastern Pamir Mountains inferred from Lake Karakul pollen spectra of the last 28 kyr

Heinecke, L., Fletcher, W., Mischke, S., Tian, F. & Herzschuh, U., 2018, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

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2017

AMS radiocarbon dating of pollen concentrates in a karstic lake system

Fletcher, W., Zielhofer, C., Mischke, S., Bryant, C., Xu, X. & Fink, D., 2017, In: Quaternary Geochronology.

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Anthropogenic trigger for Late Holocene soil erosion in the Jebel Toubkal, High Atlas, Morocco

Fletcher, W. & Hughes, P., 2017, In: Catena. 149, p. 713-726

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Atlantic forcing of Western Mediterranean winter rain minima during the last 12,000 years

Zielhofer, C., Fletcher, W., Mischke, S., Batist, M., Campbell, J., Joannin, S., Tjallingi, R., El Hamouti, N., Junginger, A., Stele, A., Bussman, J., Schneider, B., Lauer, T., Spitzer, K., Strupler, M., Brachert, T. & Mikdad, A., 1 Feb 2017, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 157, p. 29-51

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Cedrus atlantica pollen morphology and investigation of grain size variability using laser diffraction granulometry

Bell, B., Bishop, T., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P. & Ilmen, R., 11 Aug 2017, In: Palynology.

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Environmental drivers of Holocene forest development in the Middle Atlas, Morocco

Campbell, J., Fletcher, W., Joannin, S., Hughes, P., Rhanem, M. & Zielhofer, C., 27 Sept 2017, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5, 113.

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Millennial-scale fluctuations in Saharan dust supply across the decline of the African Humid Period

Zielhofer, C., von Suchodoletz, H., Fletcher, W., Schneider, B., Dietze, E., Schlegel, M., Schepanksi, K., Weninger, B., Mischke, S. & Mikdad, A., 1 Sept 2017, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 171

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Precipitation changes in the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene from terrestrial and marine pollen records: a model–data comparison

Peyron, O., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Brayshaw, D., Goring, S., Andrieu-Ponel, V., Desprat, S., Fletcher, W., Gambin, B., Ioakim, C., Joannin, S., Kotthoff, U., Kouli, K., Montade, V., Pross, J., Sadori, L. & Magny, M., 24 Mar 2017, In: Climate of the Past. 13, p. 249-265

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Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: timing and trends

Magri, D., Di Rita, F., Arabarri Erkiaga, J., Fletcher, W. & González Sampériz, P., 1 May 2017, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 163, p. 23-55

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Stable carbon isotope analysis of Cedrus atlantica pollen as an indicator of moisture availability

Bell, B., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P., Grant, H. & Ilmen, R., Sept 2017, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 224, p. 128–139

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The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Goñi, M. F. S., Desprat, S., Daniau, A-L., Bassinot, F., Polanco-Martínez, J., Harrison, S., Allen, J., Anderson, R. S., Behling, H., Bonnefille, R., Burjachs, F., Carrión, J. S., Cheddadi, R., Clark, J. S., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., Debusk, G. H., Dupont, L., Finch, J. M., Fletcher, W., & 49 othersGiardini, M., González, C., Gosling, W. D., Grigg, L. D., Grimm, E. C., Hayashi, R., Helmens, K., Heusser, L. E., Hill, T., Hope, G., Huntley, B., Igarashi, Y., Irino, T., Jacobs, B., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Kawai, S., Kershaw, P., Kumon, F., Lawson, I., Ledru, M-P., Lézine, A-M., Liew, P-M., Magri, D., Marchant, R., Margari, V., Mayle, F. E., McKenzie, M., Moss, P., Müller, S., Müller, U. C., Naughton, F., Newnham, R., Oba, T., Pérez-Obiol, R., Pini, R., Ravazzi, C., Roucoux, K., Rucina, S. M., Scott, L., Takahara, H., Tzedakis, C., Urrego, D., van Geel, B., Valencia, B. G., Vandergoes, M. J., Vincens, A., Whitlock, C. L., Willard, D. A. & Yamamoto, M., 11 Sept 2017, In: Earth System Science Data.

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2016

A comparison of pollen extraction methods: confirmation of dense-media separation as a reliable method of pollen preparation

Campbell, J., Fletcher, W., Hughes, P. & Shuttleworth, E., Aug 2016, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 31, 6, p. 631-640 10 p.

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Modern surface pollen assemblages from the Middle and High Atlas, Morocco: Insights into pollen representation and transport

Bell, B. & Fletcher, W. J., 2016, In: Grana. 55, 4, p. 286-301

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The impact and significance of tephra deposition on a Holocene forest environment in the North Cascades, Washington, USA

Egan, J., Fletcher, W., Allott, T. E. H., Lane, C. S., Blackford, J. J. & Clark, D. H., 1 Apr 2016, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 137, p. 135-155 20 p.

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2015

An integrated field and numerical modelling study of controls on Late Quaternary fluvial landscape development (Tabernas, southeast Spain)

Geach, M. R., Viveen, W., Mather, A. E., Telfer, M. W., Fletcher, W. J. & Stokes, M., 2015, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 40, p. 1907-1926 19 p.

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The 1.35-Ma-long terrestrial climate archive of Tenaghi Philippon, northeastern Greece: Evolution, exploration, and perspectives for future research

Pross, J., Koutsodendris, A., Christanis, K., Fischer, T., Fletcher, W. J., Hardiman, M., Kalaitzidis, S., Knipping, M., Kotthoff, U., Milner, A. M., Müller, U. C., Schmiedl, G., Siavalas, G., Tzedakis, P. C. & Wulf, S., 2015, In: Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 48, 3, p. 253-276 23 p.

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2014

A compilation of Western European terrestrial records 60-8 ka BP: towards an understanding of latitudinal climatic gradients

Moreno, A., Svensson, A., Brooks, S. J., Connor, S., Engels, S., Fletcher, W., Genty, D., Heiri, O., Labuhn, I., Perşoiu, A., Peyron, O., Sadori, L., Valero-Garcés, B., Wulf, S. & Zanchetta, G., 2014, In: Quaternary Science Reviews.

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Catastrophic rock avalanches in a glaciated valley of the High Atlas, Morocco: 10Be exposure ages reveal a 4.5 ka seismic event

Hughes, P. D., Fink, D., Fletcher, W. J. & Hannah, G., 2014, In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 126, 7-8, p. 1093-1104 11 p.

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Palaeoecology of a late MIS 7 interglacial deposit from eastern England

Langford, H. E., Boreham, S., Coope, G. R., Fletcher, W., Horne, D. J., Keen, D. H., Mighall, T., Penkman, K. E. H., Schreve, D. C. & Whittaker, J. E., 18 Aug 2014, In: Quaternary International. 341, p. 27-45 18 p.

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