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Peyron O, Goring S, Dormoy I, Kotthoff U, Pross J, de Beaulieu J-L, Drescher-Schneider R, Magny M. 2011. Holocene seasonality changes in the central Mediterranean region reconstructed from the pollen sequences of Lake Accesa (Italy) and Tenaghi Philippon (Greece). The Holocene 21: 131-146.

Dormoy I, Peyron O, Combourieu-Nebout N, Goring S, Kotthoff U et al. (2009) Terrestrial climate variability and seasonality changes in the Mediterranean region between 15,000 and 4,000 years BP deduced from marine pollen records. Climate of the Past 5: 615-632.

Goring S, Pellatt M, Lacourse T, Walker I, Mathewes R (2009) A new methodology for reconstructing climate and vegetation from modern pollen assemblages: an example from British Columbia. Journal of Biogeography 36: 626-638.
R code for NMDSgam method

Mooers AO, Goring SJ, Turvey S, & T Kuhn. 2009. "Holocene extinctions and the loss of feature diversity". Holocene Extinctions (S. Turvey, ed.) Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Vamosi J, Goring S, Kennedy B, Mayberry R, Moray C et al. (2007) Pollination, Floral Display, and the Ecological Correlates of Polyploidy. Functional Ecosystems and Communities 1: 1-9.

I use GRASS for GIS analysis. It's a bit messy, but I like it. I found Neteler and Mitasova's "Open Source GIS" a helpful reference.

There are other Open Source GIS applications, including SAGA and this PDF by Steiniger and Bocher provides an excellent overview of the relative merits of each. The use of QGIS as a front-end for GRASS makes the learning curve much smoother!.

For statistical analysis I use R. It is handy because it allows integration between spatial analysis in QGIS and the time-series/FDA analysis needed for the paleo work. There are some excellent paleo-packages for use in R, including rioja, analogue and paltran.

I am currently running Ubuntu and loving it. It's pretty fun to tinker around with and it has an excellent support network with great community forums and wikis. Using Ubuntu does meaning having to give up some software options, however it seems like most research communities have strong support for linux-based applications (see above!).

What is palynology?

A link to the Wikipedia entry for palynology. Includes links to a number of related sites.

Canadian Association of Palynologists

This link includes a membership list, access to past newsletters and a list of all palynology related theses published in Canada dating to the early 1960s.

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists

The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists generally considers longer timeframes than CAP and has a more international focus. There is a lot of information on this site as well.