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Abstract
The Eemian interglacial represents a natural experiment on how past vegetation with negligible human impact responded to amplified temperature changes compared to the Holocene. Here, we assemble 47 carefully selected Eemian pollen sequences from Europe to explore geographical patterns of (1) total compositional turnover and total variation for each sequence and (2) stratigraphical turnover between samples within each sequence using detrended canonical correspondence analysis, multivariate regression trees, and principal curves. Our synthesis shows that turnover and variation are highest in central Europe (47–55°N), low in southern Europe (south of 45°N), and lowest in the north (above 60°N). These results provide a basis for developing hypotheses about causes of vegetation change during the Eemian and their possible drivers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 101-109 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Vegetation History and Archaeobotany |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
Keywords
- Detrended canonical correspondence analysis
- Extrinsic and intrinsic processes
- Inertia
- Last interglacial dataset
- Multivariate regression trees
- Neutral processes
- Principal curves
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SELSWEEP: Molecular characterization of genetic factors in the pig under selection during speciation, domestication and breeding
1/03/10 → 28/02/15
Project: EU research project