Search Results - "Rachid Cheddadi"

Climate and environmental reconstruction of the Epipaleolithic Mediterranean Levant (22.0–11.9 ka cal. BP) by Langgut, Dafna, Cheddadi, Rachid, Sharon, Gonen

“…This study presents, for the first time, an environmental reconstruction of a sequence spanning nearly the entire Mediterranean Epipaleolithic (∼22.0–11.9 ka…”
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The origin and spread of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin: The fossil pollen evidence by Langgut, Dafna, Cheddadi, Rachid, Carrión, Josѐ Sebastián, Cavanagh, Mark, Colombaroli, Daniele, Eastwood, Warren John, Greenberg, Raphael, Litt, Thomas, Mercuri, Anna Maria, Miebach, Andrea, Roberts, C Neil, Woldring, Henk, Woodbridge, Jessie

“…Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of the most important fruit trees in the ancient Mediterranean region and a founder species of horticulture in the…”
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Guiding Conservation for Mountain Tree Species in Lebanon by Rachid Cheddadi, Carla Khater

“…The objective of this study is to contribute to the conservation of upland tree species in the face of climate change. We used a conservation index to…”
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The 4.2 ka BP event in the Levant by Kaniewski, David, Marriner, Nick, Cheddadi, Rachid, Guiot, Joel, Van Campo, Elise

“…The 4.2 ka BP event is defined as a phase of environmental stress characterized by severe and prolonged drought of global extent. The event is recorded from…”
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Holocene landscape dynamics and long-term population trends in the Levant by Palmisano, Alessio, Woodbridge, Jessie, Roberts, C Neil, Bevan, Andrew, Fyfe, Ralph, Shennan, Stephen, Cheddadi, Rachid, Greenberg, Raphael, Kaniewski, David, Langgut, Dafna, Leroy, Suzanne AG, Litt, Thomas, Miebach, Andrea

“…This paper explores long-term trends in human population and vegetation change in the Levant from the early to the late Holocene in order to assess when and…”
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Genetic structure and diversity of the endangered fir tree of Lebanon (Abies cilicica Carr.): implications for conservation by Awad, Lara, Fady, Bruno, Khater, Carla, Roig, Anne, Cheddadi, Rachid

“…The threatened conifer Abies cilicica currently persists in Lebanon in geographically isolated forest patches. The impact of demographic and evolutionary…”
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Are Cedrus atlantica forests in the Rif Mountains of Morocco heading towards local extinction? by Abel-Schaad, Daniel, Iriarte, Eneko, López-Sáez, José Antonio, Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián, Sabariego Ruiz, Silvia, Cheddadi, Rachid, Alba-Sánchez, Francisca

“…Cedrus atlantica (Atlas cedar) is a relict and endemic endangered species from northwestern African mountains, whose distribution range has undergone a…”
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Come rain or come shine, the species richness will decline in the Moroccan mountains by Cheddadi, Rachid, Kaniewski, David, Marriner, Nick, Bar-Hen, Avner, Hurteau, Matthew D.

“…Plant species richness in mountainous regions generally follows a unimodal distribution with lower values at both low and high altitudes in relation to…”
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Human demography changes in Morocco and environmental imprint during the Holocene by Cheddadi, Rachid, Palmisano, Alessio, López-Sáez, José Antonio, Nourelbait, Madja, Zielhofer, Christoph, Tabel, Jalal, Rhoujjati, Ali, Khater, Carla, Woodbridge, Jessie, Lucarini, Giulio, Broodbank, Cyprian, Fletcher, William J, Roberts, C Neil

“…The aim of this work is to reconstruct the periods of growth and decline of human populations in Morocco and their potential impacts on the landscape over the…”
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Quaternary Refugia and Persistence of Biodiversity by Taberlet, Pierre, Cheddadi, Rachid

“…In order to preserve biodiversity, we need to understand the mechanisms that sustain it. In their perspective, Taberlet and Cheddadi describe work (Tzedakis et…”
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Modern drought conditions in western Sahel unprecedented in the past 1600 years by Carré, Matthieu, Azzoug, Moufok, Zaharias, Paul, Camara, Abdoulaye, Cheddadi, Rachid, Chevalier, Manuel, Fiorillo, Denis, Gaye, Amadou T., Janicot, Serge, Khodri, Myriam, Lazar, Alban, Lazareth, Claire E., Mignot, Juliette, Mitma García, Nancy, Patris, Nicolas, Perrot, Océane, Wade, Malick

“…As climate model uncertainties remain very large for future rainfall in the Sahel, a multi-centennial perspective is required to assess the situation of…”
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Genetic consequences of glacial survival and postglacial colonization in Norway spruce: combined analysis of mitochondrial DNA and fossil pollen by TOLLEFSRUD, MARI METTE, KISSLING, ROY, GUGERLI, FELIX, JOHNSEN, ØYSTEIN, SKRØPPA, TORE, CHEDDADI, RACHID, VAN DER KNAAP, W.O, LATAŁOWA, MAŁGORZATA, TERHÜRNE-BERSON, RUTH, LITT, THOMAS, GEBUREK, THOMAS, BROCHMANN, CHRISTIAN, SPERISEN, CHRISTOPH

“…Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) is a broadly distributed European conifer tree whose history has been intensively studied by means of fossil records to…”
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Major Forest Changes in Subtropical China since the Last Ice Age by Qiuchi Wan, Xiao Zhang, Yaze Zhang, Yuanfu Yue, Kangyou Huang, Rachid Cheddadi, Zhuo Zheng

“…In the subtropical zone of southern China, there was a considerable conversion of forests from deciduous to evergreen broadleaf in the early Holocene. However,…”
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Climate Changes and Tree Phylogeography in the Mediterranean by Petit, Rémy J., Hampe, Arndt, Cheddadi, Rachid

“…The Mediterranean Basin is expected to be more strongly affected by ongoing global climate change than most other regions of the earth. Given the magnitude of…”
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Postglacial range expansion and its genetic imprints in Abies alba (Mill.) — A synthesis from palaeobotanic and genetic data by Liepelt, Sascha, Cheddadi, Rachid, de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis, Fady, Bruno, Gömöry, Dušan, Hussendörfer, Erwin, Konnert, Monika, Litt, Thomas, Longauer, Roman, Terhürne-Berson, Ruth, Ziegenhagen, Birgit

“…We present a range-wide synthesis of our own research and related work on the complex postglacial history of Abies alba Mill. It is based on macroremains,…”
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Temperature Range Shifts for Three European Tree Species over the Last 10,000 Years by Cheddadi, Rachid, Araújo, Miguel B, Maiorano, Luigi, Edwards, Mary, Guisan, Antoine, Carré, Matthieu, Chevalier, Manuel, Pearman, Peter B

“…We quantified the degree to which the relationship between the geographic distribution of three major European tree species, and and January temperature (Tjan)…”
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Imprints of Glacial Refugia in the Modern Genetic Diversity of Pinus sylvestris by Cheddadi, Rachid, Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe, Litt, Thomas, François, Louis, Kageyama, Masa, Lorentz, Stephan, Laurent, Jeanne-Marine, de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis, Sadori, Laura, Jost, Anne, Lunt, Daniel

“…Aim: To understand the impact of glacial refugia and migration pathways on the modern genetic diversity of Pinus sylvestris. Location: The study was carried…”
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Microrefugia, Climate Change, and Conservation of Cedrus atlantica in the Rif Mountains, Morocco by Cheddadi, Rachid, Henrot, Alexandra-Jane, François, Louis, Boyer, Frédéric, Bush, Mark, Carré, Matthieu, Coissac, Eric, De Oliveira, Paulo E., Ficetola, Francesco, Hambuckers, Alain, Huang, Kangyou, Lézine, Anne-Marie, Nourelbait, Majda, Rhoujjati, Ali, Taberlet, Pierre, Sarmiento, Fausto, Abel-Schaad, Daniel, Alba-Sánchez, Francisca, Zheng, Zhuo

“…This study reconstructs and interprets the changing range of Atlas cedar in northern Morocco over the last 9,000 years. A synthesis of fossil pollen records…”
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Towards a More Realistic Simulation of Plant Species with a Dynamic Vegetation Model Using Field-Measured Traits: The Atlas Cedar, a Case Study by Alain Hambuckers, Franck Trolliet, Marie Dury, Alexandra-Jane Henrot, Kristof Porteman, Yassine El Hasnaoui, Jan Van den Bulcke, Tom De Mil, Cécile C. Remy, Rachid Cheddadi, Louis François

“…Improving the model-based predictions of plant species under a projected climate is essential to better conserve our biodiversity. However, the mechanistic…”
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Priority conservation areas for Cedrus atlantica in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco by Cheddadi, Rachid, Taberlet, Pierre, Boyer, Frédéric, Coissac, Eric, Rhoujjati, Ali, Urbach, Davnah, Remy, Cécile, Khater, Carla, Antry, Salwa, Aoujdad, Jalila, Carré, Matthieu, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco

“…Assessing biodiversity loss and species extinction is necessary to warn society and raise awareness of the impacts of ongoing climate change. Prioritizing…”
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