Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127
We use pollen, stomata and plant-macrofossil records to infer Holocene timberline fluctuations and changes in forest composition at Lac Superieur de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.), a small lake located near the modern regional timberline on a highland plateau in the Central Alps. Our records suggest that dur...
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ftdatacite:10.1594/pangaea.807930 2023-05-15T16:02:45+02:00 Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 Finsinger, Walter Tinner, Willy 2007 application/zip https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.807930 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807930 en eng PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683607082552 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 CC-BY article Supplementary Collection of Datasets Collection 2007 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.807930 https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607082552 2022-02-09T13:21:31Z We use pollen, stomata and plant-macrofossil records to infer Holocene timberline fluctuations and changes in forest composition at Lac Superieur de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.), a small lake located near the modern regional timberline on a highland plateau in the Central Alps. Our records suggest that during the early Holocene vegetation was rather open on the plateau (eg, heaths of Dryas octopetala, Juniperus nana). The only tree that was able to build major stands was Betula. Other timberline trees (eg, Pinus cembra and Larix) expanded in the catchment of the lake after 8200 cal. BP, when Abies alba expanded at lower elevation. The late appearance of these timberline trees contrasts with previous plant-macrofossil records in the region, which show that the timberline had reached elevations up to at least 2350 m already at 11 000 cal. BP. We suggest that local climatic conditions may have delayed the expansion of closed stands of coniferous trees in the catchment of Lac de Fully until c. 8200 cal. BP, when climate shifted to more humid and less continental conditions. After c. 4600 cal. BP vegetation around the lake primarily responded to human impact, which caused a local lowering of the timberline by at least 150 m. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dryas octopetala DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Lac Superieur ENVELOPE(70.032,70.032,-49.279,-49.279) |
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We use pollen, stomata and plant-macrofossil records to infer Holocene timberline fluctuations and changes in forest composition at Lac Superieur de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.), a small lake located near the modern regional timberline on a highland plateau in the Central Alps. Our records suggest that during the early Holocene vegetation was rather open on the plateau (eg, heaths of Dryas octopetala, Juniperus nana). The only tree that was able to build major stands was Betula. Other timberline trees (eg, Pinus cembra and Larix) expanded in the catchment of the lake after 8200 cal. BP, when Abies alba expanded at lower elevation. The late appearance of these timberline trees contrasts with previous plant-macrofossil records in the region, which show that the timberline had reached elevations up to at least 2350 m already at 11 000 cal. BP. We suggest that local climatic conditions may have delayed the expansion of closed stands of coniferous trees in the catchment of Lac de Fully until c. 8200 cal. BP, when climate shifted to more humid and less continental conditions. After c. 4600 cal. BP vegetation around the lake primarily responded to human impact, which caused a local lowering of the timberline by at least 150 m. |
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Finsinger, Walter Tinner, Willy Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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Plant macrofossils from Lac de Fully, supplement to: Finsinger, Walter; Tinner, Willy (2007): Pollen and plant macrofossils at Lac de Fully (2135 m a.s.l.): Holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the Valais, Switzerland. The Holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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plant macrofossils from lac de fully, supplement to: finsinger, walter; tinner, willy (2007): pollen and plant macrofossils at lac de fully (2135 m a.s.l.): holocene forest dynamics on a highland plateau in the valais, switzerland. the holocene, 17(8), 1119-1127 |
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