Some problems of forest transformation at the transition to the oligocratic/<Emphasis Type="Italic">Homo sapiens</Emphasis> phase of the Holocene interglacial in northern lowlands of central Europe |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Magdalena?Ralska-JasiewiczowaEmail author Dorota?Nalepka Tomasz?Goslar |
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Institution: | (1) W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland;(2) Pozna Radiocarbon Laboratory, Rubie 46, 61-612 Pozna , Poland |
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Abstract: | The paper discusses the main changes in the composition of mixed deciduous forests which occurred mostly between 5,000 and 2,000 b.p., based on selected pollen diagrams from the lowlands of Germany, Denmark and Poland, and including two pollen diagrams from varved sediments, used as reference sites, and on isopollen maps for Poland. The Ulmus retreat is shown on maps, and additional data for its pathogenic origin are presented. Corylus declines at ca. 3,500 b.p. at both reference sites, and its connection with Fagus expansion in the west and Carpinus expansion in the east is discussed. The nature of post-Atlantic transitory shrub–forest communities with dominant Corylus and Quercus is presented. Relationships between the history of Fagus and Carpinus and the development of human settlements are shown. Human impact has been admitted as one of the most important driving forces determining vegetational development since the time of fully developed Neolithic cultures. Other very important abiotic factors were the climate (particularly after 2,500 b.p.), and soil degradation. |
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Keywords: | Oligocratic stage Synchrony Corylus decline Fagus/Carpinus relationships Human impact |
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