Terms of Use

Welcome to the Interactive Portal of the Inventory of modern and paleo-records of pollen in South America, Central America, Caribbean and Mexico, presented as the Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD).

Use of any data, tables, maps or other products obtained through this website, whether direct or indirect, must be fully acknowledged and/or cited. Proper citation (subject to the documents’ citing style) includes:

1) Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Grimm, E.C., Behling, H., Bush, M.B., González-Arango, C., Gosling, W.D., Ledru, M.P., Lozano-García, S., Maldonado, A., Prieto, A.R., Rull, V., Van Boxel, J.H., 2015. Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen Database: Challenging new research. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 233, 104-115.

2) Cite the original publications when possible; large-scale studies should seek solutions that ultimately lead to an entry in the Web of Science.

LIABILITY

The detailed information and data on this website were compiled with the greatest amount of care. We cannot accept any liability nor give any guarantee that the data is fully accurate, complete and up-to-date. The LAPD inventory is under continuous revision and updates will be announced on the website.