Holocene vegetation history of the Jeseníky Mts: Deepening elevational contrast in pollen assemblages since late prehistory

0494597 - BÚ 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Dudová, Lydie - Hájek, M. - Petr, L. - Jankovská, Vlasta
Holocene vegetation history of the Jeseníky Mts: Deepening elevational contrast in pollen assemblages since late prehistory.
Journal of Vegetation Science. Roč. 29, č. 3 (2018), s. 371-381. ISSN 1100-9233. E-ISSN 1654-1103
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 278065 - LONGWOOD
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : development of vegetation * Hercynian mountains * regional synthesis
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 2.944, year: 2018

Increasing contrast between summits and middle elevation alluvia seems to be a major feature of vegetation development over the last 6,000 years in the Jeseníky Mts. While alluvial areas were encroached by Alnus–Picea forests, and later locally transformed into wet grasslands, grazing and forest burning at summits gradually increased abundance of acidophytic dwarf shrubs and peatlands, especially since the Iron Age. Human impact might facilitate beech expansion at high elevations, with Picea-dominated forests being restricted to alluvia and around mid-elevation basin peatlands prior to establishment of modern Picea plantations.
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