Karp Molecular Paleoecology Lab

Publications

Karp, A.T.,  Koerner, S.E.,  Hempson, G.P.,  Abraham, J.O.,  Anderson, T.M.,  Bond, W.J. et al. (2024Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across African savannasEcology Letters,  27, e14450. Available at: http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14450

Del Toro, I., Case, M. F., Karp, A. T., Slingsby, J. A., Staver. A. C., (2024) Carbon isotope trends across a century of herbarium specimens suggest CO2 fertilization of C4 grasses. ​New Phytologist.​ Available at: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19868

​Zeichner. S., Aponte,  J.C. Bhattacharjee, S.,…….Karp, A.T.,……et al. (2023) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium. Science. 322, 6677. Available at: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6304

Karp, A.T., Uno, K.T., Berke, M.A., Russell, J.M., Scholz, C.A., Marlon, J.R., Faith, J.T., Staver, A.C., (2023) Nonlinear rainfall effects on savanna fire activity across the African Humid Period. Quat. Sci. Rev. 304, 107994. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107994

Vachula, R.S., Karp, A.T., Denis, E.H., Balascio, N.L., Canuel, E.A., Huang, Y., (2022) Spatially calibrating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as proxies of area burned by vegetation fires: Insights from comparisons of historical data and sedimentary PAH fluxes. Palaeogeography. Palaeoclimatology. Palaeoecology, 596, 110995. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110995
 
Karp A.T., Faith J.T., Marlon, J.R., Staver, A.C., (2021) Global response of fire activity to late Quaternary grazer extinctions. Science. 374, 1145-1148. Available at: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj1580

Staver A.C., Abraham J.O., Hempson G.P, Karp A.T., Faith J. T. (2021) The past, present, and future of herbivore impacts on savanna vegetation. Journal of Ecology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13685

Karp, A. T.,  Uno, K. T.,  Polissar, P. J., &  Freeman, K. H. (2021).  Late Miocene C4 grassland fire feedbacks on the Indian SubcontinentPaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology,  36, e2020PA004106. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004106

Polissar, P. J.,  Uno, K. T.,  Phelps, S. R.,  Karp, A. T.,  Freeman, K. H., &  Pensky, J. L. (2021).  Hydrologic Changes Drove the Late Miocene Expansion of C4 Grasslands on the Northern Indian SubcontinentPaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology,  36, e2020PA004108. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004108

Karp, A. T.,  Andrae, J. W.,  McInerney, F. A.,  Polissar, P. J., &  Freeman, K. H. (2021).  Soil carbon loss and weak fire feedbacks during Pliocene C4 grassland expansion in AustraliaGeophysical Research Letters48, e2020GL090964. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090964

Lyons, S.L., Karp A.T., Bralower T., Grice K., Schaeffer B., Gulick S., Morgan J., Freeman K. H. (2020) Organic Matter from the Chicxulub Crater Exacerbated the K-Pg Impact Winter PNAS Available at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004596117

Karp A. T., Holman A. I., Hopper P., Grice K. and Freeman K. H. (2020) Fire Distinguishers: Refined interpretations of paleofire from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 289, 93–113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.08.024.

Karp A. T., Behrensmeyer A. K. and Freeman K. H. (2018) Grassland fire ecology has roots in the late Miocene. PNAS 115, 12130–12135. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809758115

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