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1 - Berrío, J.C., H. Wouters, H., Hooghiemstra, H., Carr, A.S. & Boom, A Using paleoecological data to define main vegetation dynamics along the savanna-forest ecotone in Colombia: implications for accurate assessment of human impacts. In: R. Myster (ed.), Ecotones between forest and grassland. P Springer, New York. - Hooghiemstra, H., Berrio, J.C., Groot, M.H.M., Bogotá, R.G., Moscol-Olivera, M. & González-Carranza, Z. The Dynamic History of the Upper Forest Line Ecotone in the Northern Andes. In: R. Myster (ed.), Ecotones between forest and grassland. P Springer, New York. - Bogotá-A., R.G., M.H.M., Groot, H., Hoohiemstra, L.J., Lourens, M. Van der Linden & J.C. Berrio Rapid climate change from north Andean Lake Fúquene pollen records driven by obliquity: implications for a basin-wide biostratigraphic zonation for the last 284 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews 30, Leal, A., Berrio, J.C., Raimundez, E., & B, Bilbao A pollen atlas of premontane woody and herbaceous communities from the upland savannas of Guayana, Venezuela. Palynology, 35(2): Romero, M. H., Flantua, S.G.A., Tansey, K., & Berrio, J.C Landscape transformations in savannas of northern South America: Land use/cover changes since 1987 in the Llanos Orientales of Colombia. Applied Geography 32: Bogotá-A RG, Groot MHM, Hooghiemstra H, Lourens LJ, Van der Linden M & J.C. Berrio Rapid climate change from north Andean Lake Fúquene pollen records driven by obliquity: implications for a basin-wide biostratigraphic zonation for the last 284 ka. Quaternary science Reviews 30 (23-24): M. H. M. Groot, R. G. Bogotá, L. J. Lourens, H. Hooghiemstra, M. Vriend, J. C. Berrio, et al Ultra-high resolution pollen record from the northern Andes reveals rapid shifts in montane climates within the last two glacial cycles Climate of the Past 7, Carr, A.S., Dunajko A., Boom, A., Bateman, M.D. Holmes, P.J. Berrio, J-C New evidence for the age and palaeoecology of the Knysna Formation, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology 113 (3), Boom, A., Carr, A., J.C. Berrio A century long record of Amazonian Miocene seasonal climate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (13), R. Marchant, S. P. Harrison, H. Hooghiemstra, V. Markgraf, J. H. van Boxel, T. Ager, L. Almeida, R. Anderson, C. Baied, H. Behling, J. C. Berrio, et al Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and radiocarbon years. Climate Past Discussions, 5, González-Carranza, Z., Berrio, J.C., Hooghiemstra, H., Duivenvoorden, J., and H. Behling Changes of seasonally dry forest in the Colombian Patía Valley during the early and Middle Holocene and the development of a dry climatic record for the northernmost Andes. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 152, Sarmiento, G., Gaviria, S., Hooghiemstra, H., Berrio, J.C., and T. Van der Hammen Landscape evolution and origin of Lake Fúquene (Colombia): Tectonics, erosion and sedimentation processes during the Pleistocene. Geomorphology 100,

2 - Gómez, A., Berrio, J.C., Hooghiemstra, H., Becerra, M., and R. Marchant A Holocene pollen record of vegetation change and human impact from Pantano de Vargas, an intra-andean basin of Duitama, Colombia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 145, Berrio, J.C., H. Hooghiemstra., B, Van Geel., & B. Ludlow-Weichers Environmental history of the dry forest biome, Mexico, and human occupation impact during the last c years. The Holocene 16(1): Marchant, R., Berrio, J.C., Behling, H. Boom, A., and H. Hooghiemstra Hooghiemstra. Colombian dry moist forest transition in the Llanos Orientales A comparison of model and pollen-based biome reconstructions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 234: Vélez, M.I., Hooghiemstra, H., Metcalfe, S., Wille, M., and J.C. Berrio Late Glacial and Holocene environmental and climatic changes from a limnological transec through Colombia, northern South America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 234: Vélez, M.I., Hooghiemstra, H., Metcalfe, S., Wille, M., and J.C. Berrio Late Glacial and Holocene environmental and climatic changes from a limnological transec through Colombia, northern South America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 234: Berrío, J.C., Hooghiemstra, H., Marchant, R.A & O. Rangel Lateglacial and Holocene history of the dry forest area in South Colombian Cauca Valley. Journal of Quaternary Science. 17 (7): Velez, M.I., Berrio, J.C., Hooghiemstra. H., Metcalfe, S and R. Marchant Paleoenvironmental changes during the last ca calibrated yr (7800 radiocarbon yr) in the Patía Valley, Southern Colombia Andes: a multiproxy approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 216: Marchant, R., Behling, H., Berrio, J.C., Hooghiemstra, H., van Geel, B., van der Hammen, T., Herrera, L., Melief, B., van Reenen, G., & Wille, M., Vegetation disturbance and human population in Colombia - a regional reconstruction. Antiquity 78: Berrío, J.C., Arbeláez, M.V., Duivenvoorden, J., Cleef, A.M. & H. Hooghiemstra Pollen representation and successional vegetation change on the sandstone plateau of Araracuara, Colombian Amazonia. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 126: Berrío, J.C., H. Hooghiemstra, H. Behling, P. Botero & K. Van der Borg Environmental history of the western Colombian savannas of the Llanos Orientales since the Middle Holocene from Laguna Mozambique and Chenevo: A transect sysnthesis. The Holocene, 12 (1): Marchant, R., Berrío, J.C., Cleef, A.M., Duivenvoorden, J., Hooghiemstra, H., Kuhry, P., Melief, A.B.M., Van Geel, B., Van Reenen, G & T. Van der Hammen A reconstruction of Colombian Biomes derived from modern pollen data along an altitudinal gradient. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology.117: Marchant, R.A., Almeida, L., Behling, H., Berrio, J.C., Bush, M., Cleef, A.M., Duivenvoorden, D., Kappelle, M., De Oliveira, P., Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho, A., Lozano-García, S., Hooghiemstra, H., Ledru, M.P., Ludlow-Wiechers, B., Markgraf, V.,

3 Mancini, V., Paez, M., Prieto, A., Rangel, O., & Salgado-Labouriau, M.L Distribution and ecology of parent taxa of pollen lodged within the Latin American Pollen Database. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 121: Marchant, R.A., Behling, H., Berrío, J.C., Cleef, A.M., Duivenvoorden, J., Hooghiemstra, H., Kuhry, P., Melief, A.B.M., Van Geel, B., Van der Hammen, T., Van Reenen, G., & Wille, M Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Colombia at 3000, 6000, 9000, 12,000, 15,000 and 18,000 radiocarbon years ago: Late Quaternary tropical vegetation dynamics. Journal of Quaternary Science. 17(2): Marchant, R., Behling, H., Berrío, J.C., Cleef, A.M., Duivenvoorden, J., Hooghiemstra, H., Kuhry, P., Melief, B., Vas Geel, B., Van der Hammen, T., Van Reenen, G. & M. Wille Mid- to Late-Holocene pollen-based biome reconstructions for Colombia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20: Berrío, J.C., Boom, A., Botero, P., Herrera, L.F., Hooghiemstra, H., Romero, F. and G. Sarmiento Multi-interdisciplinary evindence Holocene history of a cultivated floodplain area in the wetlands of northern Colombia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 10: Berrío, J.C., Behling, H & H. Hooghiemstra Tropical rain forest history from the Colombian Pacific area: a 4200-yr pollen record from Laguna Jotaordó. The Holocene. 10 (6): Berrío, J.C., Hooghiemstra, H., Behling, H & K. Van derborg Late Holocene history of savanna gallery forest from Carimagua area, Colombia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 111: Behling, H., Berrío, J.C., & H. Hooghiemstra Late Quaternary pollen records from the middle Caquetá river basin in central Colombian Amazon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 145: Other Journals - Herrera, L.F., Sarmiento, G., Romero, F., Botero, P.J. & Berrío, J.C Evolución ambiental de la depresión momposina (Colombia) desde el Pleistoceno tardío a los paisajes actuales. Geología Colombiana 26: Romero, B. F. & J.C. Berrío Análisis sedimentológico, mineralógico y palinológico del Pozo El Dorado en Sabana de Bogotá. Capítulo 6. Pag En: Geoquímica y Mineralogía de sedimentos y suelos asociados en la Sabana de Bogotá. INGEOMINAS. Bogotá-Colombia. - Gaviria, S., Romero, B. F. & J.C Berrío Geoquímica y Mineralogía de sedimentos y suelos asociados en la Sabana de Bogotá. Internal report INGEOMINAS. Bogotá. - Herrera, L., & J.C. Berrío Vegetación natural y acción antrópica de los últimos 1000 años: análisis palinológicos de un perfil asociado a canales artificiales del sistema hidráulico prehispánico. Antiguo curso del rio San Jorge, municipio de San Marcos, Sucre. Licania arborea, 1, Books and Book chapters - Berrío, J.C., H. Wouters, H., Hooghiemstra, H., Carr, A.S. & Boom, A Using paleoecological data to define main vegetation dynamics along the savanna-forest ecotone in Colombia: implications for accurate assessment of human impacts. In: R. Myster (ed.), Ecotones between forest and grassland. P Springer, New York.

4 - Hooghiemstra, H., and J.C. Berrio Pollen records, Late Pleistocene, South America. In: Encyclopaedia of Quaternary Science. Scott A Elias (ed), Elsevier. Vol.2, Grimm E., Keltner J., Cheddadi, R., Hicks S., Lezine, A.-M., Berrio J. C., Williams, J.W Pollen databases and their application. In Encyclopaedia of Quaternary Sciences, Scott A Elias (ed)., Elsevier. Vol.3, Berrio, J.C Análisis de pollen de los camellones de Guaymaral y la Filomena, Suba. In: Boada, A.M. (2006) Patrones de asentamiento regional y sistemas de agricultura intensive en Cota y Suba, Sabana sw Bogotá (Colombia). Banco de la República pp. - Berrio J.C Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation and climate change in Lowland Colombia. University of Amsterdam press. 240pp. - Wille, M., Duivenvoorden, J., Urrego, L.E, Hooghiemstra, H., Behling, H & J.C. Berrio Holocene climate change and dynamics of the rain forest ecosystem of Choco biogeographic region: a synthesis based on three pollen records, modern pollen rain and modern vegetation analysis. In: Wille, M. (2001). Vegetation History and climate records of Colombian lowland areas: rain forest, savanna and intermontane ecosystems. University of Amsterdam pp. OTHER PUBLICATIONS - Berrío, J.C., Behling, H & H. Hooghiemstra Palaeo-ecological history of the Colombian Rain Forest since the Middle Holocene: a comparison between Amazonia and Chocó Biogeographic area. Quaternary International 26/24: Berrío, J.C., Behling, H., Wille, M., and H, Hooghiemstra Climate history from 9 new pollen records of the Colombian savannas since the Last Glacial Maximum: a transect through the Llanos Orientales. Memories of the Past Global Changes Symposium, pp. - Berrío, J.C., Behling, H., Vélez, M., Wille, M. and H, Hooghiemstra Holocene Vegetation and climate change in Amazon and Chocó rain forest, and the relation between plant diversity and Quaternary ecosystem dynamics. Memories of the Past Global Changes Symposium, pp. - Berrío, J.C., Behling, H., Wille, M. and H, Hooghiemstra Climate and vegetation history of the Colombian savannas since the last glacial maximum: a transect through the Llanos Orientales. Memories of the Colombian Biome Meeting, pp. - Berrio, J.C, Gómez, A, Hooghiemstra, H, Becerra, M & Marchant, R Holocene environmental development of the intra Andean highplain of Duitama (Boyacá, Colombia) from pollen records of Pantano de Vargas. (Poster). Book of Abstracts, p International Palynological Congress, 6-12 July 2004, Granada, Spain - Berrio, J.C., Groot, M.H.M, Hooghiemstra, H, Vandenberghe, J, Jansen, F, Sarmiento, G & Westerhoff, W Climate variability from Colombian Lake Fuquene: an analysis of period MIS 6 MIS 3 by 25-yr steps and the integration of biotic and abiotic proxies. (Poster). Book of Abstracts, p International Palynological Congress, 6-12 July 2004, Granada, Spain - Berrio, J.C Historia paleoambiental y humana durante el Holoceno en el Pantano de Vargas, Boyacá. Book of Abstract, p nd Colombian Biome Meeting, Instituto

5 de Ciencias Naturales (ICN), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 4-5 November 2004, Bogotá., Colombia. - Berrio, J.C Paleoecología de alta resolución en la laguna de Fúquene durante los últimos años. (Oral presentation). Book of Abstracts, p. 15. III Colombian Congress of Botany, Simposium Palynology and Paleoebotany. Universidad del Cauca, 7-12 November 2004, Popayán, Colombia. - Berrio, J.C Palaeoecological history of the Colombian rain forest during the Holocene: a comparison between Amazonia and Chocó biogeographic area. (Oral presentation). Book of Abstracts, p. 26. III Congress of Archaeology in Colombia, Simposium Pueblos y Paisajes antiguos en la Selva Tropical Amazónica. Universidad del Cauca, 9-11 December 2004, Popayán, Colombia

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