Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective
The rarefaction technique applied to fossil pollen sequences for analyzing palynological richness, interpreted as a signal of biological diversity of landscapes and vegetation, has been developed since 1988. Errors including population evenness and vegetation disturbance have been considered in this...
Published in: | Quaternary International |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Pergamon Press Ltd.
2008
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/634530 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 |
id |
ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:1e0723b1-735b-47a7-8d97-90e3a4ee562a |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:1e0723b1-735b-47a7-8d97-90e3a4ee562a 2023-05-15T14:56:17+02:00 Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective Berglund, Björn Persson, Thomas Björkman, Leif 2008 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/634530 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 eng eng Pergamon Press Ltd. https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/634530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 wos:000257522500017 scopus:44449150268 Quaternary International; 184, pp 187-194 (2008) ISSN: 1873-4553 Geology contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2008 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 2023-02-01T23:32:53Z The rarefaction technique applied to fossil pollen sequences for analyzing palynological richness, interpreted as a signal of biological diversity of landscapes and vegetation, has been developed since 1988. Errors including population evenness and vegetation disturbance have been considered in this study. Information from two sites is discussed, one with a pollen diagram covering Late-Glacial (Late Weichselian) Time (14,400–10,500 cal. BP) and another one with a full-Holocene pollen diagram (last 12,500 years), both from southern Sweden. The climate change trend since deglaciation is reflected in a broad-scale biome change, from: (1) Late-Glacial, Arctic–Sub-Arctic open tundra–steppe with high diversity, via (2) Early Holocene, boreal birch–pine woodlands with relatively low diversity, towards (3) Mid-Holocene, nemoral broad-leaved woodlands during a climatic optimum with slightly increasing diversity, and (4) Late Holocene dynamic, human-influenced woodlands with high but fluctuating diversity. Diversity peaks are correlated with deforestation phases which are expansion periods for settlement and human impact. Intervening periods of reduced diversity correspond to forest successions with decreased human impact. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Tundra Lund University Publications (LUP) Arctic Quaternary International 184 1 187 194 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Lund University Publications (LUP) |
op_collection_id |
ftulundlup |
language |
English |
topic |
Geology |
spellingShingle |
Geology Berglund, Björn Persson, Thomas Björkman, Leif Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective |
topic_facet |
Geology |
description |
The rarefaction technique applied to fossil pollen sequences for analyzing palynological richness, interpreted as a signal of biological diversity of landscapes and vegetation, has been developed since 1988. Errors including population evenness and vegetation disturbance have been considered in this study. Information from two sites is discussed, one with a pollen diagram covering Late-Glacial (Late Weichselian) Time (14,400–10,500 cal. BP) and another one with a full-Holocene pollen diagram (last 12,500 years), both from southern Sweden. The climate change trend since deglaciation is reflected in a broad-scale biome change, from: (1) Late-Glacial, Arctic–Sub-Arctic open tundra–steppe with high diversity, via (2) Early Holocene, boreal birch–pine woodlands with relatively low diversity, towards (3) Mid-Holocene, nemoral broad-leaved woodlands during a climatic optimum with slightly increasing diversity, and (4) Late Holocene dynamic, human-influenced woodlands with high but fluctuating diversity. Diversity peaks are correlated with deforestation phases which are expansion periods for settlement and human impact. Intervening periods of reduced diversity correspond to forest successions with decreased human impact. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Berglund, Björn Persson, Thomas Björkman, Leif |
author_facet |
Berglund, Björn Persson, Thomas Björkman, Leif |
author_sort |
Berglund, Björn |
title |
Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective |
title_short |
Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective |
title_full |
Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective |
title_fullStr |
Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective |
title_full_unstemmed |
Late Quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a North European perspective |
title_sort |
late quaternary landscape and vegetation diversity in a north european perspective |
publisher |
Pergamon Press Ltd. |
publishDate |
2008 |
url |
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/634530 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 |
geographic |
Arctic |
geographic_facet |
Arctic |
genre |
Arctic Climate change Tundra |
genre_facet |
Arctic Climate change Tundra |
op_source |
Quaternary International; 184, pp 187-194 (2008) ISSN: 1873-4553 |
op_relation |
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/634530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 wos:000257522500017 scopus:44449150268 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.018 |
container_title |
Quaternary International |
container_volume |
184 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
187 |
op_container_end_page |
194 |
_version_ |
1766328302857879552 |