High vegetation and environmental diversity during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene on the example of lowlands in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Biologia |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0381-9 |
| Field | Botany |
| Keywords | Late Glacial; Early Holocene; lowlands; palynology; vegetation diversity; Czech Republic |
| Description | The diversity of vegetation and the environment in the Late Glacial period in the Elbe region is illustrated by a comparison of three palynological localities. The localities differ in their history, profile lithology and position relative to the Elbe river. The Hrabanovska cernava profile holds a record of the development of a shallow lake, which was surrounded by a cold continental steppe in the Early Dryas. Evidence of a pine forest in the Late Glacial period is captured in the surroundings of the profile Chrast. The Melnicky uval - Privory locality is an interdune infill, where marl sediments redeposited in shallow water. The surrounding vegetation was diffuse and influenced by erosion. In the Early Holocene, the landscape was covered by an open birch-pine forest. Broad-leaved woody species appeared later. Localities in the Elbe region share a high proportion of Pinus throughout the Holocene as a result of the spread of drift and terrace sands. The human impact in the mid Holocene manifests as evidence of intensive charring of localities. |
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