Surface pollen-vegetation relationships in the forest-steppe, taiga and tundra landscapes of the Russian Altai Mountains

0347193 - BÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Pelánková, Barbora - Chytrý, M.
Surface pollen-vegetation relationships in the forest-steppe, taiga and tundra landscapes of the Russian Altai Mountains.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. Roč. 157, 3-4 (2009), s. 253-265. ISSN 0034-6667. E-ISSN 1879-0615
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : modern pollen spectra * pollen deposition * southern Siberia
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 2.145, year: 2009

Detailed knowledge of the relationships between modern pollen deposition and actual vegetation on both regional and local scales is valuable for correct interpretation of fossil pollen samples. Proportions of plant species in actual vegetation and their pollen types in surface pollen spectra along each transect were compared. Of the total of 144 pollen taxa, 54 were represented sufficiently in both pollen and vegetation to allow correlation analysis, and 47 showed a significant positive correlation (pb0.05) between their proportion in the pollen and the proportion of corresponding plant species in the vegetation. We conclude that considering the whole pollen spectra, including weak pollen producers, is important for pollen-based reconstruction of past vegetation diversity. Pollen spectra can change remarkably over short distances, especially in landscapes with a high diversity of vegetation types.
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