
Connor Nolan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology
Institute Affiliations
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Professional Education
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of Arizona (2019)
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Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University (2012)
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Ph.D, University of Arizona, Geosciences (2019)
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B.S., Iowa State University, Mathematics (2012)
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B.S, Iowa State University, Biology (2012)
All Publications
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Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
2020; 210
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103384
View details for Web of Science ID 000588283400033
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PREDICTING PALEOCLIMATE FROM COMPOSITIONAL DATA USING MULTIVARIATE GAUSSIAN PROCESS INVERSE PREDICTION
ANNALS OF APPLIED STATISTICS
2019; 13 (4): 2363–88
View details for DOI 10.1214/19-AOAS1281
View details for Web of Science ID 000509780500015
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Comparing and improving methods for reconstructing peatland water-table depth from testate amoebae
HOLOCENE
2019; 29 (8): 1350–61
View details for DOI 10.1177/0959683619846969
View details for Web of Science ID 000479265000008
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Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change
SCIENCE
2018; 361 (6405): 920–23
Abstract
Impacts of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems are imperfectly constrained by ecosystem models and direct observations. Pervasive ecosystem transformations occurred in response to warming and associated climatic changes during the last glacial-to-interglacial transition, which was comparable in magnitude to warming projected for the next century under high-emission scenarios. We reviewed 594 published paleoecological records to examine compositional and structural changes in terrestrial vegetation since the last glacial period and to project the magnitudes of ecosystem transformations under alternative future emission scenarios. Our results indicate that terrestrial ecosystems are highly sensitive to temperature change and suggest that, without major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are at risk of major transformation, with accompanying disruption of ecosystem services and impacts on biodiversity.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aan5360
View details for Web of Science ID 000443547000039
View details for PubMedID 30166491
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Placing the Common Era in a Holocene context: millennial to centennial patterns and trends in the hydroclimate of North America over the past 2000 years
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
2018; 14 (5): 665–86
View details for DOI 10.5194/cp-14-665-2018
View details for Web of Science ID 000433220900001
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Climatic history of the northeastern United States during the past 3000 years
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
2017; 13 (10): 1355–79
View details for DOI 10.5194/cp-13-1355-2017
View details for Web of Science ID 000412938700002