Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum
Abstract Pollen data from China for 6000 and 18,000 14 C yr bp were compiled and used to reconstruct palaeovegetation patterns, using complete taxon lists where possible and a biomization procedure that entailed the assignment of 645 pollen taxa to plant functional types. A set of 658 modern pollen...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00431.x 2024-06-02T08:15:10+00:00 Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum Yu, G. Chen, X. Ni, J. Cheddadi, R. Guiot, J. Han, H. Harrison, S. P. Huang, C. Ke, M. Kong, Z. Li, S. Li, W. Liew, P. Liu, G. Liu, J. Liu, Q. Liu, K.‐B. Prentice, I. C. Qui, W. Ren, G. Song, C. Sugita, S. Sun, X. Tang, L. Van Campo, E. Xia, Y. Xu, Q. Yan, S. Yang, X. Zhao, J. Zheng, Z. 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00431.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2699.2000.00431.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00431.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Biogeography volume 27, issue 3, page 635-664 ISSN 0305-0270 1365-2699 journal-article 2000 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00431.x 2024-05-03T11:15:10Z Abstract Pollen data from China for 6000 and 18,000 14 C yr bp were compiled and used to reconstruct palaeovegetation patterns, using complete taxon lists where possible and a biomization procedure that entailed the assignment of 645 pollen taxa to plant functional types. A set of 658 modern pollen samples spanning all biomes and regions provided a comprehensive test for this procedure and showed convincing agreement between reconstructed biomes and present natural vegetation types, both geographically and in terms of the elevation gradients in mountain regions of north‐eastern and south‐western China. The 6000 14 C yr bp map confirms earlier studies in showing that the forest biomes in eastern China were systematically shifted northwards and extended westwards during the mid‐Holocene. Tropical rain forest occurred on mainland China at sites characterized today by either tropical seasonal or broadleaved evergreen/warm mixed forest. Broadleaved evergreen/warm mixed forest occurred further north than today, and at higher elevation sites within the modern latitudinal range of this biome. The northern limit of temperate deciduous forest was shifted c. 800 km north relative to today. The 18,000 14 C yr bp map shows that steppe and even desert vegetation extended to the modern coast of eastern China at the last glacial maximum, replacing today’s temperate deciduous forest. Tropical forests were excluded from China and broadleaved evergreen/warm mixed forest had retreated to tropical latitudes, while taiga extended southwards to c . 43°N. Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga Wiley Online Library Journal of Biogeography 27 3 635 664 |
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Abstract Pollen data from China for 6000 and 18,000 14 C yr bp were compiled and used to reconstruct palaeovegetation patterns, using complete taxon lists where possible and a biomization procedure that entailed the assignment of 645 pollen taxa to plant functional types. A set of 658 modern pollen samples spanning all biomes and regions provided a comprehensive test for this procedure and showed convincing agreement between reconstructed biomes and present natural vegetation types, both geographically and in terms of the elevation gradients in mountain regions of north‐eastern and south‐western China. The 6000 14 C yr bp map confirms earlier studies in showing that the forest biomes in eastern China were systematically shifted northwards and extended westwards during the mid‐Holocene. Tropical rain forest occurred on mainland China at sites characterized today by either tropical seasonal or broadleaved evergreen/warm mixed forest. Broadleaved evergreen/warm mixed forest occurred further north than today, and at higher elevation sites within the modern latitudinal range of this biome. The northern limit of temperate deciduous forest was shifted c. 800 km north relative to today. The 18,000 14 C yr bp map shows that steppe and even desert vegetation extended to the modern coast of eastern China at the last glacial maximum, replacing today’s temperate deciduous forest. Tropical forests were excluded from China and broadleaved evergreen/warm mixed forest had retreated to tropical latitudes, while taiga extended southwards to c . 43°N. |
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Yu, G. Chen, X. Ni, J. Cheddadi, R. Guiot, J. Han, H. Harrison, S. P. Huang, C. Ke, M. Kong, Z. Li, S. Li, W. Liew, P. Liu, G. Liu, J. Liu, Q. Liu, K.‐B. Prentice, I. C. Qui, W. Ren, G. Song, C. Sugita, S. Sun, X. Tang, L. Van Campo, E. Xia, Y. Xu, Q. Yan, S. Yang, X. Zhao, J. Zheng, Z. |
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Yu, G. Chen, X. Ni, J. Cheddadi, R. Guiot, J. Han, H. Harrison, S. P. Huang, C. Ke, M. Kong, Z. Li, S. Li, W. Liew, P. Liu, G. Liu, J. Liu, Q. Liu, K.‐B. Prentice, I. C. Qui, W. Ren, G. Song, C. Sugita, S. Sun, X. Tang, L. Van Campo, E. Xia, Y. Xu, Q. Yan, S. Yang, X. Zhao, J. Zheng, Z. Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum |
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Yu, G. Chen, X. Ni, J. Cheddadi, R. Guiot, J. Han, H. Harrison, S. P. Huang, C. Ke, M. Kong, Z. Li, S. Li, W. Liew, P. Liu, G. Liu, J. Liu, Q. Liu, K.‐B. Prentice, I. C. Qui, W. Ren, G. Song, C. Sugita, S. Sun, X. Tang, L. Van Campo, E. Xia, Y. Xu, Q. Yan, S. Yang, X. Zhao, J. Zheng, Z. |
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Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum |
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Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum |
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Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum |
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Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum |
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Palaeovegetation of China: a pollen data‐based synthesis for the mid‐Holocene and last glacial maximum |
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