Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation
Funding: This research was funded by the TERRANOVA Project, H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 813904. Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past...
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Quantitative past land cover Holocene Validation Pollen data REVEALS model Europe Relative pollen productivity GB Physical geography QK Botany DAS SDG 15 - Life on Land MCC GB QK Serge, M. A. Mazier, F. Fyfe, R. Gaillard, M.-J. Klein, T. Lagnoux, A. Galop, D. Githumbi, E. Mindrescu, M. Nielsen, A. B. Trondman, A.-K. Poska, A. Sugita, S. Woodbridge, J. Abel-Schaad, D. Åkesson, C. Alenius, T. Ammann, B. Andersen, S. T. Anderson, R. Scott Andrič, M. Balakauskas, L. Barnekow, L. Batalova, V. Bergman, J. Birks, H. John B. Björkman, L. Bjune, A. E. Borisova, O. Broothaerts, N. Carrion, J. Caseldine, C. Christiansen, J. Cui, Q. Currás, A. Czerwiński, S. David, R. Davies, A. L. De Jong, R. Di Rita, F. Dietre, B. Dörfler, W. Doyen, E. Edwards, K. J. Ejarque, A. Endtmann, E. Etienne, D. Faure, E. Feeser, I. Feurdean, A. Fischer, E. Fletcher, W. Franco-Múgica, F. Fredh, E. D. Froyd, C. Garcés-Pastor, S. García-Moreiras, I. Gauthier, E. Gil-Romera, G. González-Sampériz, P. Grant, M. J. Grindean, R. Haas, J. N. Hannon, G. Heather, A.-J. Heikkilä, M. Hjelle, K. Jahns, S. Jasiunas, N. Jiménez-Moreno, G. Jouffroy-Bapicot, I. Kabailienė, M. Kamerling, I. M. Kangur, M. Karpińska-Kołaczek, M. Kasianova, A. Kołaczek, P. Lagerås, P. Latalowa, M. Lechterbeck, J. Leroyer, C. Leydet, M. Lindbladh, M. Lisitsyna, O. López-Sáez, J.-A. Lowe, John Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R. Lukanina, E. Macijauskaitė, L. Magri, D. Marguerie, D. Marquer, L. Martinez-Cortizas, A. Mehl, I. Mesa-Fernández, J. M. Mighall, T. Miola, A. Miras, Y. Morales-Molino, C. Mrotzek, A. Sobrino, C. Muñoz Odgaard, B. Ozola, I. Pérez-Díaz, S. Pérez-Obiol, R. P. Poggi, C. Rego, P. Ramil Ramos-Román, M. J. Rasmussen, P. Reille, M. Rösch, M. Ruffaldi, P. Goni, M. Sanchez Savukynienė, N. Schröder, T. Schult, M. Segerström, U. Seppä, H. Vives, G. Servera Shumilovskikh, L. Smettan, H. W. Stancikaite, M. Stevenson, A. C. Stivrins, N. Tantau, I. Theuerkauf, M. Tonkov, S. van der Knaap, W. O. van Leeuwen, J. F. N. Vecmane, E. Verstraeten, G. Veski, S. Voigt, R. Von Stedingk, H. Waller, M. P. Wiethold, J. Willis, K. J. Wolters, S. Zernitskaya, V. P. Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation |
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Funding: This research was funded by the TERRANOVA Project, H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 813904. Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and land-use change on ecosystems and biodiversity, and mitigating their effects in the future. We present here the most spatially extensive and temporally continuous pollen-based reconstructions of plant cover in Europe (at a spatial resolution of 1° × 1°) over the Holocene (last 11.7 ka BP) using the ‘Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites’ (REVEALS) model. This study has three main aims. First, to present the most accurate and reliable generation of REVEALS reconstructions across Europe so far. This has been achieved by including a larger number of pollen records compared to former analyses, in particular from the Mediterranean area. Second, to discuss methodological issues in the quantification of past land cover by using alternative datasets of relative pollen productivities (RPPs), one of the key input parameters of REVEALS, to test model sensitivity. Finally, to validate our reconstructions with the global forest change dataset. The results suggest that the RPPs.st1 (31 taxa) dataset is best suited to producing regional vegetation cover estimates for Europe. These reconstructions offer a long-term perspective providing unique possibilities to explore spatial-temporal changes in past land cover and biodiversity. Peer reviewed |
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Serge, M. A. Mazier, F. Fyfe, R. Gaillard, M.-J. Klein, T. Lagnoux, A. Galop, D. Githumbi, E. Mindrescu, M. Nielsen, A. B. Trondman, A.-K. Poska, A. Sugita, S. Woodbridge, J. Abel-Schaad, D. Åkesson, C. Alenius, T. Ammann, B. Andersen, S. T. Anderson, R. Scott Andrič, M. Balakauskas, L. Barnekow, L. Batalova, V. Bergman, J. Birks, H. John B. Björkman, L. Bjune, A. E. Borisova, O. Broothaerts, N. Carrion, J. Caseldine, C. Christiansen, J. Cui, Q. Currás, A. Czerwiński, S. David, R. Davies, A. L. De Jong, R. Di Rita, F. Dietre, B. Dörfler, W. Doyen, E. Edwards, K. J. Ejarque, A. Endtmann, E. Etienne, D. Faure, E. Feeser, I. Feurdean, A. Fischer, E. Fletcher, W. Franco-Múgica, F. Fredh, E. D. Froyd, C. Garcés-Pastor, S. García-Moreiras, I. Gauthier, E. Gil-Romera, G. González-Sampériz, P. Grant, M. J. Grindean, R. Haas, J. N. Hannon, G. Heather, A.-J. Heikkilä, M. Hjelle, K. Jahns, S. Jasiunas, N. Jiménez-Moreno, G. Jouffroy-Bapicot, I. Kabailienė, M. Kamerling, I. M. Kangur, M. Karpińska-Kołaczek, M. Kasianova, A. Kołaczek, P. Lagerås, P. Latalowa, M. Lechterbeck, J. Leroyer, C. Leydet, M. Lindbladh, M. Lisitsyna, O. López-Sáez, J.-A. Lowe, John Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R. Lukanina, E. Macijauskaitė, L. Magri, D. Marguerie, D. Marquer, L. Martinez-Cortizas, A. Mehl, I. Mesa-Fernández, J. M. Mighall, T. Miola, A. Miras, Y. Morales-Molino, C. Mrotzek, A. Sobrino, C. Muñoz Odgaard, B. Ozola, I. Pérez-Díaz, S. Pérez-Obiol, R. P. Poggi, C. Rego, P. Ramil Ramos-Román, M. J. Rasmussen, P. Reille, M. Rösch, M. Ruffaldi, P. Goni, M. Sanchez Savukynienė, N. Schröder, T. Schult, M. Segerström, U. Seppä, H. Vives, G. Servera Shumilovskikh, L. Smettan, H. W. Stancikaite, M. Stevenson, A. C. Stivrins, N. Tantau, I. Theuerkauf, M. Tonkov, S. van der Knaap, W. O. van Leeuwen, J. F. N. Vecmane, E. Verstraeten, G. Veski, S. Voigt, R. Von Stedingk, H. Waller, M. P. Wiethold, J. Willis, K. J. Wolters, S. Zernitskaya, V. P. |
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Serge, M. A. Mazier, F. Fyfe, R. Gaillard, M.-J. Klein, T. Lagnoux, A. Galop, D. Githumbi, E. Mindrescu, M. Nielsen, A. B. Trondman, A.-K. Poska, A. Sugita, S. Woodbridge, J. Abel-Schaad, D. Åkesson, C. Alenius, T. Ammann, B. Andersen, S. T. Anderson, R. Scott Andrič, M. Balakauskas, L. Barnekow, L. Batalova, V. Bergman, J. Birks, H. John B. Björkman, L. Bjune, A. E. Borisova, O. Broothaerts, N. Carrion, J. Caseldine, C. Christiansen, J. Cui, Q. Currás, A. Czerwiński, S. David, R. Davies, A. L. De Jong, R. Di Rita, F. Dietre, B. Dörfler, W. Doyen, E. Edwards, K. J. Ejarque, A. Endtmann, E. Etienne, D. Faure, E. Feeser, I. Feurdean, A. Fischer, E. Fletcher, W. Franco-Múgica, F. Fredh, E. D. Froyd, C. Garcés-Pastor, S. García-Moreiras, I. Gauthier, E. Gil-Romera, G. González-Sampériz, P. Grant, M. J. Grindean, R. Haas, J. N. Hannon, G. Heather, A.-J. Heikkilä, M. Hjelle, K. Jahns, S. Jasiunas, N. Jiménez-Moreno, G. Jouffroy-Bapicot, I. Kabailienė, M. Kamerling, I. M. Kangur, M. Karpińska-Kołaczek, M. Kasianova, A. Kołaczek, P. Lagerås, P. Latalowa, M. Lechterbeck, J. Leroyer, C. Leydet, M. Lindbladh, M. Lisitsyna, O. López-Sáez, J.-A. Lowe, John Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R. Lukanina, E. Macijauskaitė, L. Magri, D. Marguerie, D. Marquer, L. Martinez-Cortizas, A. Mehl, I. Mesa-Fernández, J. M. Mighall, T. Miola, A. Miras, Y. Morales-Molino, C. Mrotzek, A. Sobrino, C. Muñoz Odgaard, B. Ozola, I. Pérez-Díaz, S. Pérez-Obiol, R. P. Poggi, C. Rego, P. Ramil Ramos-Román, M. J. Rasmussen, P. Reille, M. Rösch, M. Ruffaldi, P. Goni, M. Sanchez Savukynienė, N. Schröder, T. Schult, M. Segerström, U. Seppä, H. Vives, G. Servera Shumilovskikh, L. Smettan, H. W. Stancikaite, M. Stevenson, A. C. Stivrins, N. Tantau, I. Theuerkauf, M. Tonkov, S. van der Knaap, W. O. van Leeuwen, J. F. N. Vecmane, E. Verstraeten, G. Veski, S. Voigt, R. Von Stedingk, H. Waller, M. P. Wiethold, J. Willis, K. J. Wolters, S. Zernitskaya, V. P. |
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Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation |
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Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation |
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Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation |
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Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation |
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Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation |
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testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the reveals model : a validated reconstruction of europe-wide holocene vegetation |
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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/27984 2024-04-28T08:40:18+00:00 Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation Serge, M. A. Mazier, F. Fyfe, R. Gaillard, M.-J. Klein, T. Lagnoux, A. Galop, D. Githumbi, E. Mindrescu, M. Nielsen, A. B. Trondman, A.-K. Poska, A. Sugita, S. Woodbridge, J. Abel-Schaad, D. Åkesson, C. Alenius, T. Ammann, B. Andersen, S. T. Anderson, R. Scott Andrič, M. Balakauskas, L. Barnekow, L. Batalova, V. Bergman, J. Birks, H. John B. Björkman, L. Bjune, A. E. Borisova, O. Broothaerts, N. Carrion, J. Caseldine, C. Christiansen, J. Cui, Q. Currás, A. Czerwiński, S. David, R. Davies, A. L. De Jong, R. Di Rita, F. Dietre, B. Dörfler, W. Doyen, E. Edwards, K. J. Ejarque, A. Endtmann, E. Etienne, D. Faure, E. Feeser, I. Feurdean, A. Fischer, E. Fletcher, W. Franco-Múgica, F. Fredh, E. D. Froyd, C. Garcés-Pastor, S. García-Moreiras, I. Gauthier, E. Gil-Romera, G. González-Sampériz, P. Grant, M. J. Grindean, R. Haas, J. N. Hannon, G. Heather, A.-J. Heikkilä, M. Hjelle, K. Jahns, S. Jasiunas, N. Jiménez-Moreno, G. Jouffroy-Bapicot, I. Kabailienė, M. Kamerling, I. M. Kangur, M. Karpińska-Kołaczek, M. Kasianova, A. Kołaczek, P. Lagerås, P. Latalowa, M. Lechterbeck, J. Leroyer, C. Leydet, M. Lindbladh, M. Lisitsyna, O. López-Sáez, J.-A. Lowe, John Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R. Lukanina, E. Macijauskaitė, L. Magri, D. Marguerie, D. Marquer, L. Martinez-Cortizas, A. Mehl, I. Mesa-Fernández, J. M. Mighall, T. Miola, A. Miras, Y. Morales-Molino, C. Mrotzek, A. Sobrino, C. Muñoz Odgaard, B. Ozola, I. Pérez-Díaz, S. Pérez-Obiol, R. P. Poggi, C. Rego, P. Ramil Ramos-Román, M. J. Rasmussen, P. Reille, M. Rösch, M. Ruffaldi, P. Goni, M. Sanchez Savukynienė, N. Schröder, T. Schult, M. Segerström, U. Seppä, H. Vives, G. Servera Shumilovskikh, L. Smettan, H. W. Stancikaite, M. Stevenson, A. C. Stivrins, N. Tantau, I. Theuerkauf, M. Tonkov, S. van der Knaap, W. O. van Leeuwen, J. F. N. Vecmane, E. Verstraeten, G. Veski, S. Voigt, R. Von Stedingk, H. Waller, M. P. Wiethold, J. Willis, K. J. Wolters, S. Zernitskaya, V. P. Yu, Le University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development University of St Andrews. Centre for Energy Ethics University of St Andrews. Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities University of St Andrews. Environmental Change Research Group 2023-07-18T15:30:09Z 31 6131663 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10023/27984 https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050986 eng eng Land 290726240 784e2eab-1bae-4be3-9e32-3b07dbbabee8 85160569864 Serge , M A , Mazier , F , Fyfe , R , Gaillard , M-J , Klein , T , Lagnoux , A , Galop , D , Githumbi , E , Mindrescu , M , Nielsen , A B , Trondman , A-K , Poska , A , Sugita , S , Woodbridge , J , Abel-Schaad , D , Åkesson , C , Alenius , T , Ammann , B , Andersen , S T , Anderson , R S , Andrič , M , Balakauskas , L , Barnekow , L , Batalova , V , Bergman , J , Birks , H J B , Björkman , L , Bjune , A E , Borisova , O , Broothaerts , N , Carrion , J , Caseldine , C , Christiansen , J , Cui , Q , Currás , A , Czerwiński , S , David , R , Davies , A L , De Jong , R , Di Rita , F , Dietre , B , Dörfler , W , Doyen , E , Edwards , K J , Ejarque , A , Endtmann , E , Etienne , D , Faure , E , Feeser , I , Feurdean , A , Fischer , E , Fletcher , W , Franco-Múgica , F , Fredh , E D , Froyd , C , Garcés-Pastor , S , García-Moreiras , I , Gauthier , E , Gil-Romera , G , González-Sampériz , P , Grant , M J , Grindean , R , Haas , J N , Hannon , G , Heather , A-J , Heikkilä , M , Hjelle , K , Jahns , S , Jasiunas , N , Jiménez-Moreno , G , Jouffroy-Bapicot , I , Kabailienė , M , Kamerling , I M , Kangur , M , Karpińska-Kołaczek , M , Kasianova , A , Kołaczek , P , Lagerås , P , Latalowa , M , Lechterbeck , J , Leroyer , C , Leydet , M , Lindbladh , M , Lisitsyna , O , López-Sáez , J-A , Lowe , J , Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger , R , Lukanina , E , Macijauskaitė , L , Magri , D , Marguerie , D , Marquer , L , Martinez-Cortizas , A , Mehl , I , Mesa-Fernández , J M , Mighall , T , Miola , A , Miras , Y , Morales-Molino , C , Mrotzek , A , Sobrino , C M , Odgaard , B , Ozola , I , Pérez-Díaz , S , Pérez-Obiol , R P , Poggi , C , Rego , P R , Ramos-Román , M J , Rasmussen , P , Reille , M , Rösch , M , Ruffaldi , P , Goni , M S , Savukynienė , N , Schröder , T , Schult , M , Segerström , U , Seppä , H , Vives , G S , Shumilovskikh , L , Smettan , H W , Stancikaite , M , Stevenson , A C , Stivrins , N , Tantau , I , Theuerkauf , M , Tonkov , S , van der Knaap , W O , van Leeuwen , J F N , Vecmane , E , Verstraeten , G , Veski , S , Voigt , R , Von Stedingk , H , Waller , M P , Wiethold , J , Willis , K J , Wolters , S , Zernitskaya , V P & Yu , L (ed.) 2023 , ' Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model : a validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation ' , Land , vol. 12 , no. 5 . https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050986 2073-445X Jisc: 1142315 publisher-id: land-12-00986 ORCID: /0000-0002-8982-7471/work/139157373 https://hdl.handle.net/10023/27984 doi:10.3390/land12050986 Quantitative past land cover Holocene Validation Pollen data REVEALS model Europe Relative pollen productivity GB Physical geography QK Botany DAS SDG 15 - Life on Land MCC GB QK Journal article 2023 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050986 2024-04-03T14:07:22Z Funding: This research was funded by the TERRANOVA Project, H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 813904. Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and land-use change on ecosystems and biodiversity, and mitigating their effects in the future. We present here the most spatially extensive and temporally continuous pollen-based reconstructions of plant cover in Europe (at a spatial resolution of 1° × 1°) over the Holocene (last 11.7 ka BP) using the ‘Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites’ (REVEALS) model. This study has three main aims. First, to present the most accurate and reliable generation of REVEALS reconstructions across Europe so far. This has been achieved by including a larger number of pollen records compared to former analyses, in particular from the Mediterranean area. Second, to discuss methodological issues in the quantification of past land cover by using alternative datasets of relative pollen productivities (RPPs), one of the key input parameters of REVEALS, to test model sensitivity. Finally, to validate our reconstructions with the global forest change dataset. The results suggest that the RPPs.st1 (31 taxa) dataset is best suited to producing regional vegetation cover estimates for Europe. These reconstructions offer a long-term perspective providing unique possibilities to explore spatial-temporal changes in past land cover and biodiversity. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Terranova University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Land 12 5 986 |