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2010

Correa-Metrio, A.; Bush, M. B.; Pérez, L.; Schwalb, A.; and Cabrera, K.R.. Accepted. Pollen distribution along climatic and biogeographic gradients in northern Central America. The Holocene.
Collins, A. and Bush, M.B. in press. An analysis of modern pollen representation and climatic conditions on the Galapagos Islands. The Holocene. Get a copy
Correa-Metrio, A.; Cabrera, K.R.; and Bush, M.B. 2010. Quantifying ecological change through discriminant analysis: a paleoecological example from the Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 695-704. Get a copy
Correa-Metrio, A., Urrego, D.H., Cabrera, K., and Bush, M.B. 2010. paleoMAS: paleoecological analysis. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=paleoMAS.
Sublette, N., Bush, M.B., and Van Woesik, R. in press. On metapopulations and microrefugia: palaeoecological insights. Journal of Biogeography. Get a copy
Urrego, D.H., Niccum, B.A., La Drew, C.F., Silman, M.R., Bush, M.B. in press. Fire and drought as drivers of past treeline changes in the Peruvian Andes. Journal of Quaternary Science. Get a copy
Urrego, D.H., Bush, M.B. and Silman, M.R. 2010. The importance of ground-level cloud formation in the history of a tropical montane forest. Quaternary Research 73: 364-373. Get a copy
Valencia, B.G., Urrego, D.H., Silman, M.R. and Bush, M.B. 2010. From ice age to modern: a record of landscape change in an Andean cloud forest. Journal of Biogeography. Get a copy

2009

Bush, M.B., A. Correa-Metrio, D.A. Hodell, M. Brenner, D. Ariztegui, D. Anselmetti, A. Gilli, C. Burton and A.D. Muller. 2009. The Last Glacial Maximum: Central America. Past climate variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene in South America and sourounding regions. F. Vimeux, F. Sylvestre and M. Khodri. Springer, Paris. Get a copy
Conroy, J., A. Restrepo, J.T. Overpeck, M. Steinitz-Kannan, J.E. Cole, M.B. Bush and P.A. Colinvaux. 2009. Unprecedented recent warming in the eastern tropical Pacific. Nature Geosciences. Get a copy
Hillyer, R., M.B. Bush, B.G. Valencia, M. Steinitz-Kannan and M.R. Silman. 2009. A 24,000-year paleolimnological history from the Peruvian Andes. Quaternary Research. Get a copy
Mayle, F.E., M.J. Burn, M. Power and D.H. Urrego. 2009. Vegetation and fire at the Last Glacial Maximum in tropical South America. Past climate variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene in South America and surrounding regions. F. Vimeux, F. Sylvestre and M. Khodri, Springer, Paris. Get a copy
Raper D.J. and M.B. Bush. 2009. A test of Sporormiella representation as a predictor of megaherbivore presence and abundance. Quaternary Research. Get a copy.
Urrego, D.H., M.B. Bush, M.R. Silman, A. Correa-Metrio, M.-P. Ledru, F.E. Mayle and B.G. Valencia. 2009. Millennial-scale ecological changes in tropical South America since the Last Glacial Maximum. Past climate variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene in South America and surrounding regions. F. Vimeux, F. Sylvestre and M. Khodri, Springer, Paris. Get a copy
Urrego, D. H. & Bush, M.B. 2009. Climate change and history of western Amazonian forests. A paleoecological analysis. Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, Germany. 149 p. Get a copy
Urrego, D.H.; Aronson, R. and Bush, B. 2009. Holocene ITCZ and ENSO-driven climate variability from the Panama isthmus. Eos Trans. AGU 90(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP22B-06. Get a copy

2008

Bush, M.B., M. R. Silman, C. McMichael, and S. Saatchi. 2008. Fire, climate change and biodiversity in Amazonia: a Late-Holocene perspective. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Get a copy
Bush, M.B. and P.E. De Oliveira. 2008. Amazonian conservation: A long-term cultural and climate change perspective. Estratégias de Sustentabilidade, aspectos científicos, sociais e legais. Contexto Global, visão comparativa. G. Araujo. São Paulo. Get a copy
Bush, M.B. and M.R. Silman. 2008. Amazonia: a cultural landscape? An international forum on sustainability. G. Nelson and I. Hronsky. Arisztotelész Publishing, Budapest. Get a copy
Richardson, C.J., P. Vaihivanathan, R.G. Qualls, M.B. Bush, C.A. Stow and M. Ho. 2008. Water quality, soil chemistry, and ecosystem responses to P dosing. The Everglades Experiments. C. J. Richardson. Springer, Washington. Get a copy
de Toledo, M. and M.B. Bush. 2008. Vegetation and hydrology changes in Eastern Amazonia inferred from a pollen record. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias 80. Get a copy
de Toledo, M. and M.B. Bush. 2008. A Holocene pollen record of savanna establishment in coastal Amapá. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias 80: 341-351. Get a copy
Gosling, W. D., M. B. Bush, J. A. Hanselman, and A. J. Chepstow-Lusty. 2008. Glacial-interglacial changes in moisture balance and the impact on vegetation in the southern hemisphere tropical Andes (Bolivia/Peru). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 259:35-50. Get a copy
Hodell, D.A., D. Anselmetti, D. Ariztegui, M. Brenner, J.H. Curtis, A. Gilli, D.A. Grzesik, T.J. Guilderson, A.D. Muller, M.B. Bush, A. Correa-Metrio, J. Escobar and S. Kutterolf. 2008. An 85-ka record of climate change in lowland Central America. Quaternary Science Reviews 27: 1152-1165. Get a copy
Power, M.J., J. Marlon, N. Ortiz, P.J. Bartlein, S.P. Harrison, F.E. Mayle, A. Ballouche, R.H.W. Bradshaw, C. Carcaillet, C. Cordova, S. Mooney, P.I. Moreno, I.C. Prentice, K. Thonicke, W. Tinner, C. Whitlock, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A.A. Ali, R.S. Anderson, R. Beer, H. Behling, C. Briles, K.J. Brown, A. Brunelle, M.B. Bush, P. Camill, G.Q. Chu, J. Clark, D. Colombaroli, S. Connor, A.-L. Daniau, M. Daniels, J. Dodson, E. Doughty, M.E. Edwards, W. Finsinger, D. Foster, F. J., M.-J. Gaillard, D.G. Gavin, E. Gobet, S. Haberle, D.J. Hallett, P. Higuera, G. Hope, S. Horn, J. Inoue, P. Kaltenrieder, L. Kennedy, Z.C. Kong, C. Larsen, C.J. Long, J. Lynch, E.A. Lynch, M. McGlone, S. Meeks, S. Mensing, G. Meyer, T. Minckley, J. Mohr, D.M. Nelson, J. New, R. Newnham, R. Noti, W. Oswald, J. Pierce, P.J.H. Richard, C. Rowe, M.F. Sanchez Goñi, B.J. Shuman, H. Takahara, J. Toney, C. Turney, D.H. Urrego, C. Umbanhowar, M. Vandergoes, B. Vanniere, E. Vescovi, M. Walsh, X. Wang, N. Williams, J. Wilmshurst and J.H. Zhang 2008. Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics 30: 887-907. Get a copy

2007

Bush, M. B., M. R. Silman, M. B. de Toledo, C. Listopad, W. D. Gosling, C. Williams, P. E. de Oliveira, and C. Krisel. 2007. Holocene fire and occupation in Amazonia: records from two lake districts. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. Get a copy
Bush, M. B., M. R. Silman, and C. M. C. S. Listopad. 2007. Climate change and human occupation in Peruvian Amazonia: A paleoecological perspective. Journal of Biogeography. Get a copy
Bush, M.B. and Lovejoy, T.E. 2007. Amazonian conservation: pushing the limits of biogeographical knowledge. Journal of Biogeography 34: 1291-1293. Get a copy
de Toledo, M. B., and M. B. Bush. 2007. A mid-Holocene environmental change in Amazonian savannas. Journal of Biogeography 34:1313-1326. Get a copy
Bush, M.B. and Flenley, J.R. 2007. Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climate Change. Praxis, Chichester. Get a copy

2006

Bush, M. B., and P. E. Oliveira. 2006. The rise and fall of the Refugial Hypothesis of Amazonian Speciation: a paleo-ecological perspective. Biota Neotropica 6. Get a copy
Bush, M. B., and C. Weng. 2006. Introducing a new (freeware) tool for palynology Journal of Biogeography 34:377-380. Get a copy
Urrego, L. E., L. A. Molina, D. H. Urrego, and L. F. Ramírez. 2006. Holocene space-time succession of the Middle Atrato Wetlands, Choco Biogeographic Region, Colombia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 234:45-61. Get a copy

2005

Bush, M. B., B. C. S. Hansen, D. T. Rodbell, G. O. Seltzer, K. R. Young, B. León, M. B. Abbott, M. R. Silman, and W. D. Gosling. 2005. A 17 000-year history of Andean climate and vegetation change from Laguna de Chochos, Peru. Journal of Quaternary Science 20:703-714. Get a copy
Bush, M. B. 2005. Of orogeny, precipitation, precession and parrots. Journal of Biogeography 32:1301-1302. Get a copy
Chepstow-Lusty, A. J., M. B. Bush, M. R. Frogley, P. A. Baker, S. C. Fritz, and J. Aronson. 2005. Vegetation and climate change on the Bolivian Altiplano between 108,000 and 18,000 yr ago. Quaternary Research 63:90-98. Get a copy
Hanselman, J. A., W. D. Gosling, G. M. Paduano, and M. B. Bush. 2005. Contrasting pollen histories of MIS 5e and the Holocene from Lake Titicaca (Bolivia/Peru). Journal of Quaternary Science 20:663-670. Get a copy
Urrego, D. H., M. R. Silman, and M. B. Bush. 2005. The Last Glacial Maximum: stability and change in a western Amazonian cloud forest. Journal of Quaternary Science 20:693-701. Get a copy
Bush, M. B., and H. Hooghiemstra. 2005. Tropical biotic responses to climate change. Pages 125-137 in T. E. Lovejoy and L. Hannah, editors. Climate Change and Biodiversity. Yale University Press, New Haven. Get a copy
Bush, M. B. 2005. Holocene climates of the lowland tropical forests. Pages 293-306 in A. Mackay, R. Battarbee, J. Birks, and F. Oldfield, editors. Global Change in the Holocene. Academic Press, 2005.
Silman, M. R., A. Araujo-Murakami, D. H. Urrego, M. B. Bush, and H. Pariamo. 2005. Estructura de las comunidades de árboles en el límite sur de la Amazonía occidental: Manu and Madidi. Ecología en Bolivia 40:441-451. Get a copy

2004

Bush, M. B., and M. R. Silman. 2004. Observations on Late Pleistocene cooling and precipitation in the lowlands Neotropics. Journal of Quaternary Science 19:677-684. Get a copy
Bush, M. B., P. E. De Oliveira, P. A. Colinvaux, M. C. Miller, and E. Moreno. 2004. Amazonian paleoecological histories: one hill, three watersheds. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 214:359-393. Get a copy
Bush, M. B., M. R. Silman, and D. H. Urrego. 2004. 48,000 years of climate and forest change in a biodiversity hot spot. Science 303:827-829. Get a copy

2003

Paduano, G. M., M. B. Bush, P. A. Baker, S. C. Fritz, and G. O. Seltzer. 2003. A vegetation and fire history of Lake Titicaca since the Last Glacial Maximum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 194:259-279. pdf
Chepstow-Lusty, A., M. R. Frogley, B. S. Bauer, M. B. Bush, and A. T. Herrera. 2003. A late Holocene record of arid events from the Cuzco region, Peru. Journal of Quaternary Science 18:491-502. pdf

2002

Bush, M. B., M. C. Miller, P. E. De Oliveira, and P. A. Colinvaux. 2002. Orbital-forcing signal in sediments of two Amazonian lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 27:341-352. pdf
Bush, M. B. 2002. Distributional change and conservation on the Andean flank: a paleoecological perspective. Global Ecology and Biogeography 11:463-473. pdf
Bush, M. B. 2002. On the interpretation of fossil Poaceae pollen in the humid lowland neotropics. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 177:5-17. pdf

2001

Bush, M. B., E. Moreno, P. E. De Oliveira, E. Asanza, and P. A. Colinvaux. 2001. The influence of biogeographic and ecological heterogeneity on Amazonian pollen spectra. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17:729-743. pdf
Bush, M. B., and R. Rivera. 2001. Reproductive ecology and pollen representation among neotropical trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10:359-368. pdf

2000

Bush, M. B. 2000. Deriving response matrices from Central American modern pollen rain. Quaternary Research 54:132-143. pdf
Bush, M. B., M. C. Miller, P. E. De Oliveira, and P. A. Colinvaux. 2000. Two histories of environmental change and human disturbance in eastern lowland Amazonia. The Holocene 10:543-554. pdf