A pollen-based quantitative reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation updates a perspective on the natural vegetation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Alternative codes found

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A pollen-based quantitative reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation updates a perspective on the natural vegetation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Original language description

The primary aim of this paper is to provide a pollen-based quantitative reconstruction of Holocene vegetation in order to update a perspective on natural vegetation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. As a secondary aim we compare composition of this reconstructed Holocene vegetation with the composition of potential natural vegetation (PNV sensu Neuhauslova et al. 1998) in the area studied. Based on 87 individual pollen sequences, we estimate the changes in Holocene vegetation that have occurred in nine circular regions, each 60km in radius. We obtained estimates of regional vegetation using the REVEALS model (Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites). This model considers pollen productivity, dispersal and taphonomic differences between taxa. The development of post-glacial vegetation can be divided into three general phases: Early, Middle and Late Holocene. Clustering of the interregional variability clearly separated lowlands from middle altitudes and mountains. The Early Holocene was dominated by semi-open pine forest in nearly all the regions studied. Mixed oak woodlands appeared in the Middle Holocene and only in the lowlands, while the rest of the area studied was dominated by spruce (> 32%) forest. The percentage of spruce remained high (> 19%) in fir-beech forests of the Late Holocene. The dominance and co-dominance of spruce at middle and high altitudes during the Middle and Late Holocene differs most from previous interpretations of pollen percentages. We attribute this to the climatic and edaphic conditions differing from those in other parts of central Europe at a similar altitude. Continuous presence of Poaceae (> 9%) and pioneer trees during the entire Holocene (Pinus > 6%) indicates an important role of factors sustaining their long-term abundance, be it herbivory, fire or other kinds of disturbance, natural and/or anthropogenic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Preslia : časopis České botanické společnosti

ISSN

0032-7786

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

88

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

409-434

UT code for WoS article

000392354200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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