Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Abbreviations
BCE
before the common era
BP
before present
CARs
community assembly rules
CE
common era
CLAMP
Climate-Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program
dbh
diameter at breast height
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DSDP
Deep Sea Drilling Project
EECL
Early Eocene Climatic Optimum
Ga
billion years BP
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
ha
hectare (2.47 acres)
ITCZ
Intertropical Convergence Zone
K/T
Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary (65 Ma)
kyr
thousand years BP
LGM
Last Glacial Maximum (21-18 kyr)
LMA
leaf margin analysis
LPTM
Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum
Ma
million years BP
MAP
mean annual precipitation
MAT
mean annual temperature
