Reconstruction of Holocene vegetation, tree cover dynamics and human disturbances in central European Russia, using pollen and satellite data sets

This paper presents an assessment of Holocene tree cover densities and forest disturbance in European Russia using the best-modern-analogue (BMA) technique of quantitative reconstruction and an innovative approach, which combines modern pollen datasets with remotely sensed data from moderate-resolut...

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Published in:Vegetation history and archaeobotany 2014-05, Vol.23 (Suppl 1), p.109-119
Main Authors: Novenko, Elena Y, Eremeeva, Anastasia P, Chepurnaya, Anna A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biogeosciences
Charcoal
Climate Change
data collection
Datasets
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Error correction
Forest management
forests
Fossil pollen
Fossils
Holocene
humans
image analysis
Image reconstruction
Original Article
Paleontology
Peat
Plants
Pollen
Remote sensing
River basins
Satellite imagery
Spectroradiometers
Standard error
Trees
Vegetation
Woodlands
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Summary:This paper presents an assessment of Holocene tree cover densities and forest disturbance in European Russia using the best-modern-analogue (BMA) technique of quantitative reconstruction and an innovative approach, which combines modern pollen datasets with remotely sensed data from moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer satellite images. The test of the accuracy of the applied method using a database of 450 sets of surface pollen assemblages shows that it can reproduce present day characteristics of woody cover in Europe correctly (R ² = 0.57, standard error = 10.8 %), and it is sufficient for reconstruction of major changes of woodland vegetation in the past. Application of the BMA technique to fossil pollen data from two key regions in the central part of European Russia demonstrates that changes in regional woody cover are useful for the reconstruction of prehistoric human disturbance.
ISSN:0939-6314
1617-6278
DOI:10.1007/s00334-013-0418-y