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William J. Fletcher is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Environmental Sciences with a focus on geological and paleoclimatological studies.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work often intersects with several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, and Oceanography. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into complex environmental systems and past climate variations.

Major topics covered in their publications include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Frequent publication venues for William J. Fletcher include:

  • Earth system science data
  • Land
  • Nature Communications
  • Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Fletcher are:

  • "The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2" (2020), published in Earth system science data
  • "Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation" (2023), published in Land
  • "Atmospheric CO2 forcing on Mediterranean biomes during the past 500 kyrs" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Climate of the Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco: Temperature lapse rates and precipitation gradient from piedmont to summits" (2022), published in Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
  • "Time-transgressive Holocene maximum of temperate and Mediterranean forest development across the Iberian Peninsula reflects orbital forcing" (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

William J. Fletcher collaborates regularly with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include Philip D. Hughes, Filipa Naughton, Heikki Seppä, Benjamin A. Bell, and María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi.

Best Publications

  • Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe

    William J. Fletcher;Maria Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Judy R.M. Allen;Rachid Cheddadi

  • Contrasting impacts of Dansgaard-Oeschger events over a western European latitudinal transect modulated by orbital parameters

    María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Amaelle Landais;Amaelle Landais;William J. Fletcher;Filipa Naughton

  • Orbital- and sub-orbital-scale climate impacts on vegetation of the western Mediterranean basin over the last 48,000 yr

    William J. Fletcher;Maria Fernanda Sánchez Goñi

  • Abrupt climate changes of the last deglaciation detected in a Western Mediterranean forest record

    W. J. Fletcher;W. J. Fletcher;M. F. Sanchez Goñi;O. Peyron;I. Dormoy

  • Mid-Holocene emergence of a low-frequency millennial oscillation in western Mediterranean climate: Implications for past dynamics of the North Atlantic atmospheric westerlies

    William J Fletcher;William J Fletcher;Maxime Debret;Maxime Debret;Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi

  • Palynological evidence for environmental and climatic change in the lower Guadiana valley, Portugal, during the last 13 000 years

    William J. Fletcher;Tomasz Boski;Delminda Moura

  • Northern Iberian abrupt climate change dynamics during the last glacial cycle: A view from lacustrine sediments

    Ana Moreno;Penélope González-Sampériz;Mario Morellón;Mario Morellón;Blas L. Valero-Garcés

  • Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: timing and trends

    Donatella Magri;Federico Di Rita;Josu Aranbarri;William Fletcher

  • A compilation of Western European terrestrial records 60–8 ka BP: towards an understanding of latitudinal climatic gradients

    Ana Moreno;Anders Svensson;Stephen J. Brooks;Simon Connor

  • Fragility of Western Mediterranean landscapes during Holocene Rapid Climate Changes

    William J. Fletcher;William J. Fletcher;Christoph Zielhofer

  • Atlantic forcing of Western Mediterranean winter rain minima during the last 12,000 years

    Christoph Zielhofer;William J. Fletcher;Steffen Mischke;Marc De Batist

  • Chronology of the sedimentary processes during the postglacial sea level rise in two estuaries of the Algarve coast, Southern Portugal

    T. Boski;Sarita Camacho;Delminda Moura;William Fletcher

  • European climate optimum and enhanced Greenland melt during the Last Interglacial

    Maria Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Pepijn Bakker;Stéphanie Desprat;Anders E. Carlson

  • Precipitation changes in the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene from terrestrial and marine pollen records: a model-data comparison

    Odile Peyron;Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout;David Brayshaw;Simon Goring

  • Paleoflora y Paleovegetación de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares: Plioceno-Cuaternario

    W. Fletcher;J.S. Carrión;S. Fernández;P. González-Sampériz

  • The 1.35-Ma-long terrestrial climate archive of Tenaghi Philippon, northeastern Greece: Evolution, exploration, and perspectives for future research

    Jörg Pross;Andreas Koutsodendris;Kimon Christanis;Tobias Fischer

  • Millennial-scale fluctuations in Saharan dust supply across the decline of the African Humid Period

    Christoph Zielhofer;Hans von Suchodoletz;William J. Fletcher;Birgit Schneider

  • A short-term climate oscillation during the Holsteinian interglacial (MIS 11c): An analogy to the 8.2ka climatic event?

    Andreas Koutsodendris;Jörg Pross;Ulrich C. Müller;Achim Brauer

  • The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

    Basil A. S. Davis;Manuel Chevalier;Philipp Sommer;Vachel A. Carter

  • Holocene forest dynamics in central and western Mediterranean: periodicity, spatio-temporal patterns and climate influence.

    Federico Di Rita;William J. Fletcher;Josu Aranbarri;Giulia Margaritelli

  • The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

    María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Stéphanie Desprat;Stéphanie Desprat;Anne Laure Daniau;Frank C. Bassinot

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Filipa Naughton
Filipa Naughton Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout French National Museum of Natural History
Rachid Cheddadi
Rachid Cheddadi University of Montpellier
Polychronis C Tzedakis
Polychronis C Tzedakis University College London
Judy R M Allen
Judy R M Allen Durham University
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno University of Granada
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
R. Scott Anderson
R. Scott Anderson Northern Arizona University

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