Dominant biomes and plant functional type affinity scores derived from published pollen data from Baikal Drilling Project core materials

An 8.6-million-year record of dominant biomes and plant functional type affinity scores derived from published pollen data from Baikal Drilling Project core materials. We reanalyzed published pollen spectra (n = 993) from the Lake Baikal drill cores (Maki et al. 2003, doi:10.1007/978-4-431-67859-5_8; Hase et al. 2002 [no doi available]; Kawamuro et al. 2000, doi:10.1016/B978-044450434-0/50009-3) using the methods of Prentice et al. (1996, doi:10.1007/BF00211617) to identify the most likely dominant biome represented by each sample. Pollen spectra with fewer than 90 grains were excluded from consideration, leaving 841 spectra.