10.1594/PANGAEA.711649Fletcher, William JWilliam JFletcher0000-0001-8918-0690Sanchez Goñi, Maria FernandaMaria FernandaSanchez Goñi0000-0001-8238-7488PANGAEA2008DEPTH, sediment/rockAGEAbiesAcerAlnusAmbrosia-typeAnthemis-typeApiaceaeArceuthobiumArtemisiaAsphodelusAster-typeBetulaBoraginaceaeBrassicaceaeBupleurum-typeBuxusCallunaCampanulaceaeCarpinusCaryophyllaceaeCedrusCentaurea nigra-typeCentaurea scabiosa-typeCentauriumCerealia-typeChenopodiaceaeCirsium-typeCistusCoriaria myrtifoliaCorylusCrassulaceaeCupressaceaeCyperaceaeEchinopsEphedra distachya-typeEphedra fragilis-typeEricaceaeErodiumEuphorbiaFabaceaeFilipendulaFraxinus excelsior-typeGalium-typeGentianaceaeGeraniumHalimiumHedera helixHelianthemumHippophaeLamiaceaeLiliaceaeLinumLygeum spartumLythrumMentha-typeMercurialis-typeMyricaOleaPedicularisPhillyreaPiceaPistaciaPlantagoPlantago lanceolata-typePlumbaginaceaePoaceaePolygonum aviculare-typePopulusPrimulaceaeQuercus, deciduous-typeQuercus evergreen-typeQuercus suber-typeRanunculaceaeRhamnus-typeRosaceaeRumexSalixSanguisorba minorSanguisorba officinalisScabiosaScrophulariaceaeSerratula-typeSpergularia-typeTamarixTaraxacumTaxusThalictrumTiliaUlex-typeUlmusUrticaValerianaceaeVeronica-typeVicia-typeVitisPinusAlisma-typeLemnaPolygonum persicaria-typePotamogetonTyphaIsoetesPolypodium vulgare-typeSpores, monolete psilateSpores, monolete ornamentedAnogramma leptophyllaBotrychium-typeCryptogrammaOphioglossum lusitanicumPilularia globuliferaSelaginella denticulataSpores, trilete ornamentedSpores, trilete psilateSpores, trilete reworkedIndeterminable: brokenIndeterminable: hiddenIndeterminable: corrodedIndeterminable: crumpledIndeterminable: unknownConcentricystesPollen, temperate Mediterranean forestPollen, mainPollen and sporesTaxa analyzedMarker, foundSample volumeMarker, addedPollen, main concentrationPollen, totalCalypso CorerCounting, palynologyMD101__CampaignMarion Dufresne (1995)International Marine Global Change Study (IMAGES)1995-07-09T00:00:00Supplementary Dataset10.1016/j.yqres.2008.07.00210.5194/cp-6-245-201010.1007/s00382-001-0212-x33536 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 UnportedHigh-resolution pollen analysis of Alborán Sea core MD95-2043 provides a 48-ka continuous vegetation record that can be directly correlated with sea surface and deep-water changes. The reliability of this record is supported by comparison with that of Padul (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 was characterised by fluctuations in Quercus forest cover in response to Dansgaard-Oeschger climate variability. MIS 2 was characterised by the dominance of semi-desert vegetation. Despite overall dry and cold conditions during MIS 2, Heinrich events (HEs) 2 and 1 were distinguished from the last glacial maximum by more intensely arid conditions. Taxon-specific vegetation responses to a tripartite climatic structure within the HEs are observed. In MIS 1, the Bölling-Allerød was marked by rapid afforestation, while a re-expansion of semi-desert environments occurred during the Younger Dryas. The maximum development of mixed Quercus forest occurred between 11.7 and 5.4 cal ka BP, with forest decline since 5.4 cal ka BP. On orbital timescales, a long-term expansion of semi-desert vegetation from MIS 3 into MIS 2 reflects global ice-volume trends, while Holocene arboreal decline reflects summer insolation decrease. The influence of precession on the amplitude of forest development and vegetation composition is also detected.Supplement to: Fletcher, William J; Sanchez Goñi, Maria Fernanda (2008): Orbital- and sub-orbital-scale climate impacts on vegetation of the western Mediterranean basin over the last 48,000 yr. Quaternary Research, 70(3), 451-464-2.621166666666736.143333333333Alboran Sea