Lowland pine forests in the northwestern Pannonian Basin: between natural vegetation and modern plantations

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F19%3A00520229" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/19:00520229 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11620/19:10409786 RIV/00216224:14310/19:00113423 RIV/00216208:11310/19:10409786 RIV/61989592:15310/19:73596625 RIV/00027073:_____/19:N0000104

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0304925" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0304925</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01555-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10113-019-01555-y</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Lowland pine forests in the northwestern Pannonian Basin: between natural vegetation and modern plantations

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Lowland Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests cover extensive areas in Central Europe. Most of them are considered to be the results of relatively recent plantation-oriented forest management. We investigated the long-term history of lowland pine forests in the Záhorská Lowland region of aeolian sands in the northern margin of the Pannonian Basin. Pine monocultures were planted there already in the mid-seventeenth century and currently prevail in the land cover of the region. Our aim was to challenge the commonly accepted idea that the present pine-dominated forests lack connections to pre-plantation pine forests of the Early Holocene. Using multi-proxy data, we compared palaeoeocological data with archaeobotanical data, anthracological finds and evidence on past human settlement. Palaeoecological results suggested a distinct compositional linkage of recent pine-dominated forests with their Early Holocene predecessors. Moreover, no significant change was detected in tree dominants in at least the past two millennia. Contrary to palaeoecology, archeaeobotany suggested that broadleaved trees (mostly oak) dominated during the past 4000 years. However, this result is probably strongly biased by human preferences for wood for specific purposes. On the other hand, pine in palaeoecological data is doubtless overrepresented because of its abundant pollen production. We conclude that pine forests with a significant admixture of oak continuously covered the sandy substrates of the Záhorská Lowland throughout the Holocene. The present pine forests can therefore be considered fairly close to the original vegetation of the study region.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Lowland pine forests in the northwestern Pannonian Basin: between natural vegetation and modern plantations

Popis výsledku anglicky

Lowland Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests cover extensive areas in Central Europe. Most of them are considered to be the results of relatively recent plantation-oriented forest management. We investigated the long-term history of lowland pine forests in the Záhorská Lowland region of aeolian sands in the northern margin of the Pannonian Basin. Pine monocultures were planted there already in the mid-seventeenth century and currently prevail in the land cover of the region. Our aim was to challenge the commonly accepted idea that the present pine-dominated forests lack connections to pre-plantation pine forests of the Early Holocene. Using multi-proxy data, we compared palaeoeocological data with archaeobotanical data, anthracological finds and evidence on past human settlement. Palaeoecological results suggested a distinct compositional linkage of recent pine-dominated forests with their Early Holocene predecessors. Moreover, no significant change was detected in tree dominants in at least the past two millennia. Contrary to palaeoecology, archeaeobotany suggested that broadleaved trees (mostly oak) dominated during the past 4000 years. However, this result is probably strongly biased by human preferences for wood for specific purposes. On the other hand, pine in palaeoecological data is doubtless overrepresented because of its abundant pollen production. We conclude that pine forests with a significant admixture of oak continuously covered the sandy substrates of the Záhorská Lowland throughout the Holocene. The present pine forests can therefore be considered fairly close to the original vegetation of the study region.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-07851S" target="_blank" >GA17-07851S: Úpadek lesních ekosystémů v mladším holocénu: Příčiny, průběh a důsledky pro biologickou rozmanitost</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Regional Environmental Change

ISSN

1436-3798

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

19

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

2395-2409

Kód UT WoS článku

000511753200019

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85072108506