Publications

New insights into postglacial vegetation dynamics and environmental conditions of Peninsula Avellaneda, southwest Patagonia, revealed by plant macrofossils and pollen analysis. Mires and Peat 21 (article 20): 1–18 (2018): Echeverria ME, Sottile GD, Mancini MV, Fontana SL.

Biotic turnover rates during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Quaternary Science Reviews 151: 100-110 (2016): Stivrins N, Soininen J, Amon L, Fontana SL, Gryguc G, Heikkilä M, Heiri H, Kisieliene D, Reitalu T, Stancikaite M, Veski S, Seppä H.

A combined biogeochemical and palaeobotanical approach to study permafrost environments and past dynamics. Journal of Quaternary Science 30: 189-200 (2015): Ronkainen T, Väliranta M, Mcclymont E, Biasi C, Salonen S, Fontana SL and Tuittila E-S [DOI]

Historia ambiental de los lagos someros de la llanura pampeana (Argentina) desde el Holoceno medio: inferencias paleoclimáticas. Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis 21: 119-138 (2014): Stutz S, Tonello MS, González Sagrario MA, Navarro D y Fontana SL [DOI]

Proxy comparison in ancient peat sediments: pollen, macrofossil and plant DNA. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 370: 20130382 (2014): Parducci L, Väliranta M, Salonen JS, Ronkainen T, Matetovici I, Fontana SL, Eskola T, Sarala P and Suyama Y [DOI]

Nothofagus forest dynamics and palaeoenvironmental variations during the mid and late Holocene, in southwest Patagonia. The Holocene 24: 957-969 (2014): Echeverria ME, Sottile GD, Mancini MV and Fontana SL [DOI]

Molecular- and pollen-based vegetation analysis in lake sediments from central Scandinavia. Molecular Ecology 22: 3511-3524 (2013): Parducci, L., Matetovici, I., Fontana, S.L., Bennett, K.D., Suyama, Y., Haile, J., Kjær, K., Larsen, N.K., Drouzas, A.D. and Willerslev, E. [DOI]

Response to Comment on “Glacial survival of boreal trees in northern Scandinavia”. Science 338: 742-b (2012): Parducci L., Edwards M.E., Bennett K.D., Alm T., Elverland E., Tollefsrud M.M., Jørgensen T., Houmark-Nielsen M., Larsen N.K., Kjær K.H., Fontana S.L. , Alsos I.G. and Willerslev E. [DOI]

Postglacial vegetation dynamics of western Tierra del Fuego. The Holocene 22: 1337-1350 (2012): Fontana, S.L. and Bennett, K.D. [DOI]

Palaeoenvironmental changes since the Last Glacial Maximum: patterns, timing and dynamics throughout South America. The Holocene 22: 1203-1206 (2012): Fontana, S.L. , Bianchi, M.M. and Bennett, K.D. [DOI]

Holocene changes in trophic states of shallow lakes from the Pampa plain of Argentina. The Holocene 22: 1263-1270 (2012): Stutz, S., Borel, C.M., Fontana, S.L. and Tonello, M.S. [DOI]

Glacial survival of boreal trees in northern Scandinavia. Science 335 (6072): 1083-1086 (2012): Parducci, L., Jørgensen, T., Tollefsrud, M.M., Elverland, E., Alm, T., Fontana, S.L., Bennett, K.D., Haile, J., Matetovici, I., Suyama, Y., Edwards, M.E., Andersen, K., Rasmussen, M., Boessenkool, S., Coissac, E., Brochmann, C., Taberlet, P., Houmark-Nielsen, M., Larsen, N.K., Orlando, L., Gilbert, M.T.P., Kjær, K.H., Alsos, I.G. and Willerslev, E. [DOI] [Figures Only] [Supporting Online Material]

Coastal dune vegetation of the southern Pampas (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and its value for conservation. Journal of Coastal Research 28: 23-35 (2012): Monserrat, A.L., Celsi, C. and Fontana, S.L. [DOI] [Open Access]

Late Holocene climate and environmental of SE Pampa grasslands, Argentina, inferred from biological indicators in shallow, freshwater Lake Nahuel Rucá. Journal of Paleolimnology 44: 761-775 (2010): Stutz, S., Borel, C.M., Fontana, S.L., del Puerto, L., Inda, H., García-Rodríguez, F. and Tonello, M.S. [DOI] [Open Access]

Rapid lateglacial tree population dynamics and ecosystem changes in the eastern Baltic region. Journal of Quaternary Science 24: 802-815 (2009): Heikkilä, M., Fontana, S.L. and Seppä, H. [DOI]

Radiocarbon chronologies of Holocene lacustrine sediments from the southern coast of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Radiocarbon 49: 103-116 (2007): Fontana, S.L. [DOI] [Free Access]

Holocene vegetation history and palaeoenvironmental conditions on the temperate Atlantic coast of Argentina, as inferred from multi-proxy lacustrine records. Journal of Paleolimnology 34: 445-469 (2005): Fontana, S.L. [DOI]

Coastal dune vegetation and pollen representation at south Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of Biogeography 32: 719-735 (2005): Fontana, S.L. [DOI]

A new giant cypridid ostracod (Crustaceae) from southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Hydrobiologia 533: 187-197 (2005): Fontana, S.L. and Ballent, S. [DOI]

Present and past coastal dune environments of southwest Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 940: 38p (2004): Fontana, S.L. [DOI & fulltext access]

Pollen deposition in coastal dunes, south Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 126: 17-37 (2003): Fontana, S.L. [DOI]

Calendario polínico preliminar del área de Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In: Palinología: Diversidad y Aplicaciones (Fombella Blanco, M.A., Fernández González, D. and Valencia Barrera, R.M. eds.), pp. 227-233. Secretariado de Publicaciones, Universidad de León, España (2001): Fontana, S.L., Fernández, C.A. and Dedomenici, A.C.

Análisis de restos vegetales del sitio 1 de la Localidad Tapera Moreira, La Pampa. In: Arqueología de la Región Pampeana en la Década de los '90 (Berón, M. and Politis, G. eds.), pp. 47-60. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de San Rafael, INCUAPA and UNCPBA, Argentina (1997): Berón, M. and Fontana, S.L.

Determinación taxonómica de restos vegetales arqueológicos carbonizados. Actas, VI Jornadas Pampeanas de Ciencias Naturales, Argentina. COPROCNA: 31-39 (1996): Berón, M.A. and Fontana, S.L.