@article{fdi:010080928, title = {{L}andscape changes in the southern {A}mazonian foreland basin during the {H}olocene inferred from {L}ake {G}inebra, {B}eni, {B}olivia}, author = {{E}scobar-{T}orrez, {K}. and {L}edru, {M}arie-{P}ierre and {O}rtuno, {T}. and {L}ombardo, {U}. and {R}enno, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{O}ur study is located in northern {B}eni and aims to improve knowledge on regional landscape changes from the last 8600 years, based on pollen and charcoal analyses from a lacustrine sediment core from {L}ake {G}inebra. {O}ur results showed that gallery forest and lacustrine sediment were observed from 8645 until 3360 cal yr {BP}. {A}fter a change from a lacustrine to a swamp environment at 1700 cal yr {BP}, the {C}errados and the {M}auritia swamp became installed 1000 years ago on our study site. {T}he environmental changes we observed over the last 8600 years in the {G}inebra record reinforce the evidence of a west-east climatic gradient with the persistence of rain forest throughout the {H}olocene on the western side and the presence of the {C}errados until the late {H}olocene on the eastern side. {M}oreover, the persistence of a wet forest in the early to mid-{H}olocene in southwestern {A}mazonia highlighted some local responses to the global trend that could be related to the distance from the {A}ndes; while in the late {H}olocene, both an increase in insolation and strengthening of the {S}outh {A}merican summer monsoon system enabled the installation of a seasonal flooded savanna in northern {B}eni and of the rain forest in eastern {B}eni.}, keywords = {{C}harcoal ; {P}ollen ; {F}looding ; {M}id-{H}olocene ; {R}ain forest ; {C}errado ecotone ; {BOLIVIE} ; {BENI} ; {GINEBRA} {LAC}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{Q}uaternary {R}esearch}, volume = {94}, numero = {}, pages = {46--60}, ISSN = {0033-5894}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.1017/qua.2019.72}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080928}, }