European-scale regression models for reconstructing forest proximity and moisture based on Holocene fossil molluscs

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142114

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113154" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113154</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113154" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113154</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

European-scale regression models for reconstructing forest proximity and moisture based on Holocene fossil molluscs

Original language description

Fossil molluscs serve as a valuable palaeoecological proxy for reconstructing past environmental conditions due to their high indication value and excellent preservation in calcareous sediments. This study explores the potential of mollusc assemblages to provide quantitative reconstructions of forest proximity and local hydrology, using a continental-scale dataset of contemporary mineral-rich fens from southern to arctic Europe. By classifying mollusc species into ecological groups, we developed simple regression models for palaeoecological application. Forest proximity can be reconstructed using the ratio of forest land snails to all land snails in a quantile regression. Moisture, expressed on the scale of Ellenberg-like Plant Indicator Values, can be reconstructed using the ratio of aquatic and hygrophilous species to the total number of mollusc species in a linear regression. To test the resulting models, we applied them on two Holocene fossil profiles from the Western Carpathians (Slovakia), spanning from present to the Late Glacial period. The models yielded a quantification of local moisture and forest proximity, consistent with records of independent proxies from the same sediment layers, offering novel insights into Holocene landscape dynamics. Our approach demonstrates that molluscs can be effectively utilized for finescale palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, complementing multi-proxy studies but also providing uniquely detailed evidence that is difficult or impossible to obtain using other biotic and abiotic proxies, chiefly in calcium-rich sediments. These findings underscore the potential of molluscs in deciphering past hydrological regimes and forest dynamics, and facilitate the understanding of long-term ecosystem changes in response to climatic and anthropogenic influences.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

ISSN

0031-0182

e-ISSN

1872-616X

Volume of the periodical

676

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Oct 15

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

113154

UT code for WoS article

001541051300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105011254642