Widespread, episodic decline of alder (Alnus) during the medieval period in the boreal forest of Europe
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2984" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2984</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2984" target="_blank" >10.1002/jqs.2984</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Widespread, episodic decline of alder (Alnus) during the medieval period in the boreal forest of Europe
Original language description
We report pollen-stratigraphical evidence for an abrupt, episodic and widespread population decline of alder (Alnus), one of the most common boreal tree genera, during the medieval period in northern Europe. Decline of alder pollen values was observed both in forest hollow pollen records reflecting local vegetation of pristine forests and in pollen percentage and pollen accumulation data from lake sediments. The event began roughly at AD 600 and the recovery took place at AD 1000. Human impact is an unlikely cause because the decline is specific to alder and there is no evidence for a concurrent episode of human impact. It is possible that the decline was caused or influenced by a severe drought. Another potential cause is a sudden, widespread pathogen outbreak, especially as alder is known to be sensitive to the impacts of fungal pathogens such as the oomycete Phytophthora
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
ISSN
0267-8179
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
903-907
UT code for WoS article
000412109500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85029753598