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Prof. W.D. (William) Gosling

Professor of Palaeoecology & Biogeography
Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Photographer: KIRSTENVANSANTEN
Visiting address
  • Science Park 904
  • Room number: C4.219
Postal address
  • Postbus 94240
    1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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  • About me

    William is  Professor of Palaeoecology and Biogeography at the University of Amsterdam, and Head of the Department of Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics within the Institute of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED). He has is interested in how ecosystems have functioned in the past and co-ordinates the "Ecology of the past" blog; where details of his current research and teaching activity can be found.

  • Research & education

    Throughout his research and education William seeks to place current concerns related to on-going, and projected, climate change into a longer term context by examining multiple aspects of the sedimentary record of past environmental change. He is an expert in tropical pollen and environmental change during the Quaternary (last 2.6 million years). He works closely with other researchers to gain insights into past ecosystem function through the examination of many different lines of evidence, including: fossil charcoal (fire history), phytoliths (local vegetation change), and organic geochemistry (plant response to environmental change).

    William has active research projects in the Andes, Amazon, West Africa, and the Netherlands with a particular interests in vegetation-human-climate interactions and biogeography. His teaching is focused on two courses at the University of Amsterdam:

    1. Palaeoecology (BSc level), and
    2. Environments through time (MSc level).

    Both courses are taught in English, include a strong practical element (laboratory, field and computer), and are suitable for students with biology, Earth science, physical geography, or archaeology backgrounds.

    With his personl research William supports a number of BSc, MSc, PhD and post-doctoral projects. If you are intereted in joining the team please get in contact.

    Research and education project updates can be found on the Ecology of the past blog.

    Publication list on ORCID.

  • External appointments

    Editorial

    Plant Ecology & Diversity
    Subject Editor "Global Change & Vegetation Dynamics" (2019-present)
    Associate Editor (2018-present)

    Vegetation History & Archaeobotany 
    Associate Editor (2017-present)

    Academic societies

    Palynologische Kring (Dutch palynological society)
    Voorzitter / Chair (2022-present)
    Secretaris / Secretary (2019-2021)

    British Ecological Society 
    Chair of Education and Careers Committee (elected 2014-2020) 
    Ordinary Member of Council (elected 2010-2014) 
    Secretary of Tropical Ecology Special Interest Group (2006-2009)

    Review college

    Natural Environmental Research Council 
    Peer review college member (2010-present)

  • Short CV

    Appointments

    Institute of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam
    Professor of Palaeoecology & Biogeography (2022-present)
    Head of Department of Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics (2017-present)
    Associate Professor in Palaeoecology (2014-2022)
    Head of Research Group of Palaeoecology & Landscape Ecology (2014-2017)

    Department of Environment, Earth & Ecosystems, The Open University
    Visiting Research Fellow (2014-2018)
    Senior Lecturer in Earth Science (2013-2014)
    Lecturer in Earth Science (2010-2013)
    Research Councils UK Academic Fellow in Ecosystem Science (2005-2010)

    Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
    Post-doctoral Research Scholar High resolution trans-glacial cycles of the tropical Andes (2003-2005)

    Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
    Technician General/Teaching (1999-2000)

    Qualifications

    Department of Geography, University of Leicester
    PhD in Characterization of Neotropical forest and savannah ecosystems by their modern pollen spectra (2000-2004)

    Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Queens' College
    MPhil in Quaternary Science (1998-1999)

    Department of Geography, University of Hull
    BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography (1995-1998)

    Centre for Life Long Learning, University of Hull
    Certificate in British Archaeology (1996-1998)

  • Publications

    2022

    • Bush, M. B., Rozas-Davila, A., Raczka, M., Nascimento, M., Valencia, B., Sales, R. K., McMichael, C. N. H., & Gosling, W. D. (2022). A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1849), [20200497]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0497 [details]
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        • Rozas-Davila, A., Sales, R. K., Bush, M. B., Nascimento, M. N. ., Gosling, W. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Raczka, M. & Valencia, B. (1-1-2022). Additional data for records that contributed to the compilation of fig. 3 from A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213149.v1
    • Bönnen, M. N. T., Gosling, W. D., & Hooghiemstra, H. (2022). Inside-of-Africa: How landscape openness shaped Homo sapiens evolution by facilitating dispersal and gene-flow in Middle and Late Pleistocene Africa. In J. Runge, W. D. Gosling, A-M. Lézine, & L. Scott (Eds.), Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics: The African Pollen Database (pp. 373-396). (Palaeoecology of Africa : International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments; Vol. 35). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003162766-23 [details]
    • Elliott, S., Maezumi, S. Y., Robinson, M., Burn, M., Gosling, W. D., Mickleburgh, H., Walters, S., & Beier, Z. (2022). The legacy of 1300 years of land use in Jamaica. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2078448
    • Gosling, W. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Groenewoud, Z., Roding, E., Miller, C. S., & Julier, A. C. M. (2022). Preliminary evidence for green, brown and black worlds in tropical western Africa during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. In J. Runge, W. D. Gosling, A-M. Lézine, & L. Scott (Eds.), Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics: The African Pollen Database (pp. 13-25). (Palaeoecology of Africa : International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments; Vol. 35). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003162766-3 [details]
    • Gosling, W. D., Miller, C. S., Shanahan, T. M., Holden, P. B., Overpeck, J. T., & Langevelde, F. V. (2022). A stronger role for long-term moisture change than for CO2 in determining tropical woody vegetation change. Science, 376(6593), 653-656. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg4618 [details]
    • Gosling, W. D., Scerri, E. M. L., & Kaboth-Bahr, S. (2022). The climate and vegetation backdrop to hominin evolution in Africa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1849), [20200483]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0483
    • Hagemans, K., Urrego, D., Gosling, W. D., Rodbell, D. T., Wagner-Cremer, F., & Donders, T. H. (2022). Intensification of ENSO frequency drives forest disturbance in the Andes during the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 294, [107762]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107762
    • Lee, C., van Geel, B., & Gosling, W. D. (2022). On the use of spores of coprophilous fungi in sediments to indicate past herbivore presence. Quaternary, 5(3), [30]. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5030030
    • Loughlin, N. J. D., Gosling, W. D., Duivenvoorden, J. F., Cuesta, F., Mothes, P., & Montoya, E. (2022). Incorporating a palaeo-perspective into Andean montane forest restoration. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3, [980728]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.980728
    • Lézine, A-M., Ivory, S. J., Gosling, W. D., & Scott, L. (2022). The African Pollen Database (APD) and tracing environmental change: State of the Art. In J. Runge, W. D. Gosling, A-M. Lézine, & L. Scott (Eds.), Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics: The African Pollen Database (pp. 5-12). (Palaeoecology of Africa : International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments; Vol. 35). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003162766-2 [details]
    • Maezumi, S. Y., Elliott, S., Robinson, M., Jaimes-Betancourt, C., de Souza, J. G., Alves, D., Grosvenor, M., Hilbert, L., Urrego, D., Gosling, W. D., & Iriarte, J. (2022). Legacies of Indigenous land use and cultural burning in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest ecotone. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1849), [20200499]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0499
    • Nascimento, M. N., Heijink, B. M., Bush, M. B., Gosling, W. D., & McMichael, C. N. H. (2022). Early to mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1849), [20200498]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0498 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Gosling, W. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Bush, M. B., Heijink, B. M. & Nascimento, M. N. . (2022). Archaeological and soil sites from Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213176.v1
    • Nogué, S., de Nascimento, L., Gosling, W. D., Loughlin, N. J. D., Montoya, E., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2022). Multiple baselines for restoration ecology. PAGES Magazine, 30(1), 4-5. https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.30.1.4 [details]
    • Runge, J., Gosling, W. D., Lézine, A-M., & Scott, L. (Eds.) (2022). Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics: The African Pollen Database. (Palaeoecology of Africa : International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments; Vol. 35). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003162766 [details]
    • Wei, C., Jardine, P. E., Gosling, W. D., & Hoorn, M. C. (2022). Is Poaceae pollen size a useful proxy in palaeoecological studies? New insights from a Poaceae pollen morphological study in the Amazon. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 308(104790), [104790]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104790
    • de Wolf, I., McMichael, C. N. H., Philip, A., & Gosling, W. D. (2022). Characterising Dutch forests, wetlands and cultivated lands on the basis of phytolith assemblages. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 101, [E17]. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2022.14

    2021

    2020

    • Calderón-Loor, M., Cuesta, F., Pinto, E., & Gosling, W. D. (2020). Carbon sequestration rates indicate ecosystem recovery following human disturbance in the equatorial Andes. PLoS ONE, 15(3), [e0230612]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230612 [details]
    • Castilla-Beltrán, A., Hooghiemstra, H., Hoogland, M. L. P., Pagán-Jiménez, J., van Geel, B., Field, M. H., Prins, M., Donders, T., Herrera Malatesta, E., Ulloa Hung, J., McMichael, C. N., Gosling, W. D., & Hofman, C. L. (2020). Columbus' footprint: Land-use change before and after European incursion in Hispaniola. PAGES Magazine, 28(1), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.28.1.24 [details]
    • Cuesta, F., Tovar, C., Llambí, L. D., Gosling, W. D., Halloy, S., Carilla, J., ... Pauli, H. (2020). Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming. Journal of Biogeography, 47(2), 408-420. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13759 [details]
    • Gomes, V. H. F., Mayle, F. E., Gosling, W. D., Vieira, I. C. G., Salomão, R. P., & ter Steege, H. (2020). Modelling the distribution of Amazonian tree species in response to long-term climate change during the Mid-Late Holocene. Journal of Biogeography, 47(7), 1530-1540. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13833 [details]
    • Gosling, W. D., Sear, D. A., Hassall, J. D., Langdon, P. G., Bönnen, M. N. T., Driessen, T. D., van Kemenade, Z. R., Noort, K., Leng, M. J., Croudace, I. W., Bourne, A. J., & McMichael, C. N. H. (2020). Human occupation and ecosystem change on Upolu (Samoa) during the Holocene. Journal of Biogeography, 47(3), 600-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13783 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Langdon, P. G., B?nnen, M. N. T., Driessen, T. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Noort, K., Hassall, J. D., Gosling, W. D., Leng, M. J., Sear, D. A., Croudace, I. W., van Kemenade, Z. R. & Bourne, A. J. (1-3-2020). Data from: Human occupation and ecosystem change on Upolu (Samoa) during the Holocene. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.51c59zw4j
    • Jardine, P. E., Fraser, W. T., Gosling, W. D., Roberts, C. N., Eastwood, W. J., & Lomax, B. H. (2020). Proxy reconstruction of ultraviolet-B irradiance at the Earth's surface, and its relationship with solar activity and ozone thickness. Holocene, 30(1), 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619875798 [details]
    • Teunissen van Manen, M. L., Jansen, B., Cuesta, F., León-Yánez, S., & Gosling, W. D. (2020). From leaf to soil: N-alkane signal preservation, despite degradation along an environmental gradient in the tropical Andes. Biogeosciences, 17(21), 5465-5487. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5465-2020 [details]
    • Zhang, Y., van Geel, B., Gosling, W. D., Sun, G., Qin, L., & Wu, X. (2020). Typha as a wetland food resource: evidence from the Tianluoshan site, Lower Yangtze Region, China. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29(1), 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00735-4 [details]
    • van Geel, B., Brinkkemper, O., van Reenen, G. B. A., Van der Putten, N. N. L., Sybenga, J. E., Soonius, C., ... Gosling, W. D. (2020). Multicore Study of Upper Holocene Mire Development in West-Frisia, Northern Netherlands: Ecological and Archaeological Aspects. Quaternary, 3(2), [12]. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3020012 [details]

    2019

    2018

    2017

    • Cuesta, F., Muriel, P., Llambí, L. D., Halloy, S., Aguirre, N., Beck, S., Carilla, J., Meneses, R. I., Cuello, S., Grau, A., Gámez, L. E., Irazábal, J., Jácome, J., Jaramillo, R., Ramírez, L., Samaniego, N., Suárez-Duque, D., Thompson, N., Tupayachi, A., ... Gosling, W. D. (2017). Latitudinal and altitudinal patterns of plant community diversity on mountain summits across the tropical Andes. Ecography, 40(12), 1381-1394. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02567 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Iraz?bal, J., Cuesta, F., Pauli, H., Samaniego, N., Cuello, S., Carilla, J., Beck, S., Halloy, S., Su?rez-Duque, D., Muriel, P., Gosling, W. D., Llamb?, L., Thompson, N., Grau, A., Aguirre, N., G?mez, L. E., Becerra, M. T., Jaramillo, R., Ram?rez, L., … Vi?as, P. (1-12-2017). Data from: Latitudinal and altitudinal patterns of plant community diversity on mountain summits across the tropical Andes. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6qf10
    • Gosling, W. D., de Kruif, J., Norder, S. J., de Boer, E. J., Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., & McMichael, C. N. H. (2017). Mauritius on fire: Tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss. Biotropica, 49(6), 778-783. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12490 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • de Kruif, J., Gosling, W. D., de Boer, E. J., Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., McMichael, C. N. H. & Norder, S. J. (1-11-2017). Data from: Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f1c31
    • Jardine, P. E., Abernethy, F. A. J., Lomax, B. H., Gosling, W. D., & Fraser, W. T. (2017). Shedding light on sporopollenin chemistry, with reference to UV reconstructions. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 238, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.11.014 [details]
    • Matthews-Bird, F., Brooks, S. J., Gosling, W. D., Gulliver, P., Mothes, P., & Montoya, E. (2017). Aquatic community response to volcanic eruptions on the Ecuadorian Andean flank: evidence from the palaeoecological record. Journal of Paleolimnology, 58(4), 437-453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-017-0001-0 [details]
    • Sánchez Goñi, M. F., Desprat, S., Daniau, A-L., Bassinot, F. C., Polanco-Martínez, J. M., Harrison, S. P., Allen, J. R. M., Anderson, R. S., Behling, H., Bonnefille, R., Burjachs, F., Carríon, J. S., Cheddadi, R., Clark, J. S., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J., Debusk, G. H., Dupont, L. M., Finch, J. M., ... Yamamoto, M. (2017). The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period. Earth System Science Data, 9(2), 679-695. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Sánchez-Goñi, M. F., Hayashi, R., Daniau, A.-L., Lawson, I. T., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Behling, H., Newnham, R. M., Irino, T., Urrego, D. H., González-Arango, C., Valencia, B. G., Polanco-Martínez, J. M., Lézine, A.-M., Mayle, F. E., Hill, T., Roucoux, K. H., Fletcher, W. J., Rucina, S. M., Whitlock, C. L., … McKenzie, M. (2017). The ACER pollen and charcoal database. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.870867

    2016

    2015

    2014

    • Bush, M. B., De Oliveira, P. E., Raczka, M. F., Gosling, W. D., Mayle, F. E., McMichael, C. H., & Urrego, D. H. (2014). Paleoclimates of Amazonia: An ice-age view. In I. de Souza Carvalho, M. J. Garcia, C. Cunha Lana, & O. Strohschoen Jr. (Eds.), Paleontologia: Cenários de Vida - Paleoclimas (Vol. 5, pp. 353-367). Editora Interciência Ltda.. [details]
    • Cárdenas, M. L., Gosling, W. D., Pennington, R. T., Poole, I., Sherlock, S. C., & Mothes, P. (2014). Forests of the tropical eastern Andean flank during the middle Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 393, 76-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.10.009 [details]
    • Fraser, W. T., Lomax, B. H., Jardine, P. E., Gosling, W. D., & Sephton, M. A. (2014). Pollen and spores as a passive monitor of ultraviolet radiation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2, [12]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00012 [details]
    • Fraser, W. T., Watson, J. S., Sephton, M. A., Lomax, B. H., Harrington, G., Gosling, W. D., & Self, S. (2014). Changes in spore chemistry and appearance with increasing maturity. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 201, 41-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.11.001 [details]
    • Keen, H. F., Gosling, W. D., Hanke, F., Miller, C. S., Montoya, E., Valencia, B. G., & Williams, J. J. (2014). A statistical sub-sampling tool for extracting vegetation community and diversity information from pollen assemblage data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 408, 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.001 [details]
    • Miller, C. S., & Gosling, W. D. (2014). Quaternary forest associations in lowland tropical West Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 84, 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.027 [details]
    • Sayer, E. J., Featherstone, H. C., & Gosling, W. D. (2014). Sex & Bugs & Rock ‘n Roll - Getting creative about public engagement. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 29(2), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2013.12.008 [details]

    2013

    • Gosling, W. D., & Williams, J. J. (2013). Ecosystem service provision sets the pace for pre-Hispanic societal development in the central Andes. Holocene, 23, 1617-1622. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613496296
    • Gosling, W. D., Miller, C. S., & Livingstone, D. A. (2013). Atlas of the tropical West African pollen flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 199, 1-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.01.003
    • Roucoux, K. H., Lawson, I. T., Jones, T. D., Baker, T. R., Coronado, E. N. H., Gosling, W. D., & Lahteenoja, O. (2013). Complex vegetation succession in an Amazonian peatland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 374, 242-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.023

    2012

    • Bush, M. B., & Gosling, W. D. (2012). Environmental change in the humid tropics and monsoonal regions. In J. A. Matthews (Ed.), The Handbook of Environmental Change (Volume 1) (pp. 113-140). London: Sage.
    • Mosblech, N. A. S., Bush, M. B., Gosling, W. D., Hodell, D. A., Thomas, L., van Calsteren, P., ... van Woesik, R. (2012). North Atlantic forcing of Amazonian precipitation during the last ice age. Nature Geoscience, 5, 817-820. https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1588
    • Williams, J. J., Brooks, S. J., & Gosling, W. D. (2012). Response of chironomids to late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental change in the eastern Bolivian Andes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 48(3), 485-501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-012-9626-1

    2011

    • Bush, M. B., Flenley, J. R., & Gosling, W. D. (2011). Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change. -2nd edition. (Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05383-2
    • Bush, M. B., Gosling, W. D., & Colinvaux, P. A. (2011). Climate and vegetation change in the lowlands of the Amazon Basin. In M. B. Bush, J. R. Flenley, & W. D. Gosling (Eds.), Tropical rainforests responses to climatic changes (2nd edition) (pp. 61-84). Springer.
    • Cárdenas, M. C., Gosling, W. D., Sherlock, S. C., Poole, I., Pennington, R. T., & Mothes, P. (2011). The response of vegetation on the Andean flank in western Amazonia to Pleistocene climate change. Science, 331, 1055-1058. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1197947
    • Gosling, W. D., & Holden, P. B. (2011). Precessional forcing of tropical vegetation carbon storage. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26(5), 463-467. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1514
    • Hanselman, J. A., Bush, M. B., Gosling, W. D., Collins, A., Knox, C., Baker, P. A., & Fritz, S. C. (2011). 370,000-year record of vegetation and fire history around Lake Titicaca (Bolivia/Peru). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 305, 201-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.002
    • Williams, J. J., Gosling, W. D., Brooks, S. J., Coe, A. L., & Xu, S. (2011). Vegetation, climate and fire in the eastern Andes (Bolivia) during the last 18,000 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 312(1-2), 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.10.001
    • Williams, J. J., Gosling, W. D., Coe, A. L., Brooks, S. J., & Gulliver, P. (2011). Four thousand years of environmental change and human activity in the Cochabamba Basin, Bolivia. Quaternary Research, 76, 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2011.03.004

    2010

    2009

    • Gosling, W. D., Hanselman, J. A., Knox, C., Valencia, B. G., & Bush, M. B. (2009). Long term drivers of change in Polylepis woodland distribution in the central Andes. Journal of Vegetation Science, 20, 1041-1052. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01102.x
    • Gosling, W. D., Mayle, F. E., Tate, N. J., & Killeen, T. J. (2009). Differentiation between Neotropical rainforest, dry forest, and savannah ecosystems by their modern pollen spectra and implications for the fossil pollen record. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 153(1-2), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.06.007
    • Marchant, R., Cleef, A., Harrison, S. P., Hooghiemstra, H., Markgraf, V., van Boxel, J., Ager, T., Almeida, L., Anderson, R., Baied, C., Behling, H., Berrio, J. C., Burbridge, R., Björck, S., Byrne, R., Bush, M., Duivenvoorden, J., Flenley, J., de Oliveira, P., ... Wille, M. (2009). Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years ago. Climate of the Past, 5(4), 725-767. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-725-2009 [details]

    2008

    • Gosling, W. D., & Bunting, M. J. (2008). A role for palaeoecology in anticipating future change in mountain regions? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 259(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.017
    • Gosling, W. D., Bush, M. B., Hanselman, J. A., & Chepstow-Lusty, A. (2008). Glacial-interglacial changes in moisture balance and the impact on vegetation in the southern hemisphere tropical Andes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 259(1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.050

    2015

    2011

    • Cárdenas, M. C., Gosling, W. D., Sherlock, S. C., Poole, I., Pennington, R. T., & Mothes, P. (2011). Response to comment on "The response of vegetation on the Andean flank in western Amazonia to Pleistocene climate change". Science, 333, 1825. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207888

    2009

    • Marchant, R., Harrison, S. P., Hooghiemstra, H., Markgraf, V., van Boxel, J. H., Ager, T., Almeida, L., Anderson, R., Baied, C., Behling, H., Berrio, J. C., Burbridge, R., Björck, S., Byrne, R., Bush, M. B., Cleef, A. M., Duivenvoorden, J. F., Flenley, J. R., de Oliveira, P., ... Wille, M. (2009). Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years. Climate of the Past Discussions, 5(1), 369-461. https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-5-369-2009 [details]

    2019

    • Hooghiemstra, H., Castilla-Beltrán, A., Hoogland, M., Pagan-Jiménez, J., van Geel, B., Field, M., Prins, M., Donders, T., Herrera Malatesta, E., Ulloa Hung, J., McMichael, C., Gosling, W., & Hofman, C. (2019). Columbus’ voetafdruk: Verandering in landgebruik na de Europese kolonisatie van de Nieuwe Wereld. Geografie, 28(6), 38-40. https://www.geografie.nl/artikel/columbus-voetafdruk [details]

    2010

    • Gosling, W. D. (2010). Evolutions Atlas. In J. A. Silvertown (Ed.), Fragile Web: What's next for nature? (pp. 31-41). Natural History Museum & University of Chicago Press.

    2022

    • Robinson, M., Urrego, D. H., Gosling, W. D., Maezumi, S. ., Betancourt, C., Alves, D., Souza, J., Hilbert, L., Grosvenor, M. & Elliott, S. (1-1-2022). Supplemental Information ;Supplemental Figures from Legacies of Indigenous land use and cultural burning in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest ecotone. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19234847.v1
    • Nascimento, M., McMichael, C. N. H., Gosling, W. D., Valencia, B., Sales, R. K., Rozas-Davila, A., Raczka, M. & Bush, M. B. (1-1-2022). Supplementary material from "A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity". figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5854101.v1
    • Urrego, D. H., Betancourt, C., Alves, D., Elliott, S., Hilbert, L., Gosling, W. D., Maezumi, S. ., Robinson, M., Souza, J. & Grosvenor, M. (1-1-2022). Supplementary material from "Legacies of Indigenous land use and cultural burning in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest ecotone". figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5861945.v1
    • Heijink, B. M., Nascimento, M. N., Bush, M. B., Gosling, W. D. & McMichael, C. N. H. (1-1-2022). Palaeoecological sites used in the analysis from Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213182.v1
    • Bush, M. B., McMichael, C. N. H., Heijink, B. M., Nascimento, M. N. & Gosling, W. D. (1-1-2022). Supplementary material from "Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation". figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5854116.v1
    • Bush, M. B., Heijink, B. M., Gosling, W. D., Nascimento, M. N. & McMichael, C. N. H. (1-1-2022). Supplementary figures from Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213179.v1
    • Gosling, W. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Bush, M. B., Heijink, B. M. & Nascimento, M. N. (1-1-2022). Useful species list from Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213173.v1
    • Rozas-Davila, A., Sales, R. K., Bush, M. B., Nascimento, M. N. ., Gosling, W. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Raczka, M. & Valencia, B. (1-1-2022). Additional data for records that contributed to the compilation of fig. 3 from A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213149.v1
    • Gosling, W., Miller, C. S., Shanahan, T. M., Holden, P. B., Overpeck, J. T. & Langevelde, F. . (2022). Data and code from: A stronger role for long-term moisture change than for CO2 in determining tropical woody vegetation change. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.18319466.v1
    • Gosling, W. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Bush, M. B., Heijink, B. M. & Nascimento, M. N. . (2022). Archaeological and soil sites from Early to Mid-Holocene human activity exerted gradual influences on Amazonian forest vegetation. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19213176.v1

    2021

    • Raczka, M. F., Maezumi, S. ., Nascimento, M. N., McMichael, C. N. H., Bush, M. B., van der Sande, M. T., Heijink, B. M. & Gosling, W. D. (1-1-2021). Scarce fire activity in north and north-western Amazonian forests during the last 10,000 years. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17171112.v1
    • Gosling, W., McMichael, C., Groenewoud, Z., Roding, E., Miller, C. S. & Julier, A. (2021). Data from: Herbivory and fire induced alternative stable states persisted for hundreds to thousands of years in Pleistocene West Africa. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12738131.v1
    • McMichael, C., Heijink, B., Bush, M. & Gosling, W. (2021). On the scaling and standardization of charcoal data in paleofire reconstructions. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.nzs7h44r0
    • Gosling, W., Maezumi, S. ., Heijink, B., Nascimento, M. N. ., Raczka, M., van der Sande, M., Bush, M. B. & McMichael, C. (2021). Data from: Scarce fire activity in the north and north-western Amazonian forests during the last 10,000 years. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14890851

    2020

    • Langdon, P. G., B?nnen, M. N. T., Driessen, T. D., McMichael, C. N. H., Noort, K., Hassall, J. D., Gosling, W. D., Leng, M. J., Sear, D. A., Croudace, I. W., van Kemenade, Z. R. & Bourne, A. J. (1-3-2020). Data from: Human occupation and ecosystem change on Upolu (Samoa) during the Holocene. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.51c59zw4j
    • Vieira, I. C. G., Mayle, F. E., Gosling, W. D., Salom?o, R. P., Gomes, V. H. F. & ter Steege, H. (1-1-2020). Modelling the distribution of Amazonian tree species in response to long-term climate change during the mid-late Holocene. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m37pvmczg
    • Wagner-Cremer, F., Gosling, W. D., León-Yánez, S., Urrego, D. H., Hagemans, K., Donders, T. H., Toth, C.-D. & Ormaza, M. (2020). Pollen counts and vegetation composition data of surface samples from Cajas National park, Ecuadorian Andes. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.922681

    2019

    • Teunissen van Manen, M. L., Jansen, B., Cuesta Camacho, F., León-Yánez, S. & Gosling, W. (22-7-2019). Leaf wax n-alkanes of six tropical tree species along environmental gradient. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.7610894

    2018

    • Gosling, W. D., Cheddadi, R., C?rdenes-Sand?, G. M., Correa-Metrio, A., Bush, M. B. & Shadik, C. R. (31-12-2018). Data for: Central American climate and microrefugia: a view from the Last Interglacial. Mendeley Data. https://doi.org/10.17632/drj2swhm2d.1
    • Diniz-Filho, J., Colwell, R. K., Gosling, W. D., Holden, P. B., Rangel, T. F., Edwards, N. R., Rahbek, C., Coelho, M. & Cassemiro, F. A. S. (2018). Maximum annual precipitation reconstruction at successive 500-year intervals in South America. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.890470
    • Rahbek, C., Holden, P. B., Coelho, M., Rangel, T. F., Diniz-Filho, J., Colwell, R. K., Cassemiro, F. A. S., Gosling, W. D. & Edwards, N. R. (2018). Minimum annual precipitation reconstruction at successive 500-year intervals in South America. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.890526
    • Rangel, T. F., Colwell, R. K., Edwards, N. R., Rahbek, C., Holden, P. B., Diniz-Filho, J., Cassemiro, F. A. S., Coelho, M. & Gosling, W. D. (2018). Minimum average annual temperature reconstruction at successive 500-year intervals in South America. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.890777
    • Gosling, W. D., Rahbek, C., Colwell, R. K., Holden, P. B., Rangel, T. F., Cassemiro, F. A. S., Diniz-Filho, J., Edwards, N. R. & Coelho, M. (2018). Spatially explicit paleoclimate reconstruction of South America for the last 800 thousand years. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.890541
    • Diniz-Filho, J., Colwell, R. K., Coelho, M., Rangel, T. F., Cassemiro, F. A. S., Gosling, W. D., Edwards, N. R., Holden, P. B. & Rahbek, C. (2018). Spatially explicit paleoclimate reconstruction of South America for the last 800 thousand years, links to original files. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.890542
    • Rangel, T. F., Cassemiro, F. A. S., Coelho, M., Edwards, N. R., Holden, P. B., Gosling, W. D., Rahbek, C., Colwell, R. K. & Diniz-Filho, J. (2018). Maximum average annual temperature reconstruction at successive 500-year intervals in South America. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.890764
    • Gosling, W., Cornelissen, H. L. & McMichael, C. (2018). Data from: Reconstructing past fire temperatures from ancient charcoal material. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5979544

    2017

    • Iraz?bal, J., Cuesta, F., Pauli, H., Samaniego, N., Cuello, S., Carilla, J., Beck, S., Halloy, S., Su?rez-Duque, D., Muriel, P., Gosling, W. D., Llamb?, L., Thompson, N., Grau, A., Aguirre, N., G?mez, L. E., Becerra, M. T., Jaramillo, R., Ram?rez, L., … Vi?as, P. (1-12-2017). Data from: Latitudinal and altitudinal patterns of plant community diversity on mountain summits across the tropical Andes. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6qf10
    • de Kruif, J., Gosling, W. D., de Boer, E. J., Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., McMichael, C. N. H. & Norder, S. J. (1-11-2017). Data from: Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f1c31
    • Goñi, M., Hanselman, J. A., Desprat, S., Gosling, W. D., Gosling, W. D., Christopher, K., Daniau, A.-L., Hanselman, J. A., Chepstow-Lusty, A. & Bush, M. B. (24-2-2017). CLAM age model and pollen profile of sediment core Huinamarca. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.872867
    • Fraser, W. T., Adu-Bredu, S., Lomax, B. H., Gosling, W. D., Malhi, Y., Moore, S., Coe, A. L., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Jardine, P. E., Julier, A. C. M. & Owusu-Afriyie, K. (1-1-2017). The modern pollen–vegetation relationships of a tropical forest–savannah mosaic landscape, Ghana, West Africa. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5297515.v1
    • Sánchez-Goñi, M. F., Hayashi, R., Daniau, A.-L., Lawson, I. T., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Behling, H., Newnham, R. M., Irino, T., Urrego, D. H., González-Arango, C., Valencia, B. G., Polanco-Martínez, J. M., Lézine, A.-M., Mayle, F. E., Hill, T., Roucoux, K. H., Fletcher, W. J., Rucina, S. M., Whitlock, C. L., … McKenzie, M. (2017). The ACER pollen and charcoal database. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.870867

    2016

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