The origin of grasslands in the temperate forest zone of east-central Europe: long-term legacy of climate and human impact

Authors

KUNEŠ Petr SVITAVSKÁ-SVOBODOVÁ Helena KOLÁŘ Jan HAJNALOVÁ Mária ABRAHAM Vojtěch MACEK Martin TKÁČ Peter SZABÓ Péter

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Quaternary Science Reviews
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.014
Field Botany
Keywords pollen anylysis; REVEALS; Holocene
Description We studied pollen record and archaeological data infer open land cover around the extinct lake Vracov in the past. We detected the continuous presence of grasslands throughout the Holocene. Open lands were maintained by climate and human impact, therefore Neolithic people inhabited an already open landscape.
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