0587624 - BÚ 2025 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Hošek, J. - Pokorný, P. - Storch, D. - Kvaček, J. - Havig, J. - Novák, J. - Hájková, Petra - Jamrichová, Eva - Brengman, L. - Radoměřský, T. - Křížek, M. - Magna, T. - Rapprich, V. - Laufek, F. - Hamilton, T. - Pack, A. - Di Rocco, T. - Horáček, I.
Hot spring oases in the periglacial desert as the Last Glacial Maximum refugia for temperate trees in Central Europe.
Science Advances. Roč. 10, č. 22 (2024), č. článku eado6611. ISSN 2375-2548. E-ISSN 2375-2548
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA23-05132S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : refugia * temperate trees * Central Europe
OECD category: Paleontology
Impact factor: 11.7, year: 2023 ; AIS: 5.093, rok: 2023
Method of publishing: Open access
Result website:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado6611DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado6611

Northern glacial refugia are a hotly debated concept. The idea that many temperate organisms survived the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, ~26.5 to 19 thousand years) in several sites across central and northern Europe stems from phylogeographic analyses, yet direct fossil evidence has thus far been missing. Here, we present the first unequivocal proof that thermophilous trees such as oak (Quercus), linden (Tilia), and common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) survived the LGM in Central Europe. The persistence of the refugium was promoted by a steady influx of hydrothermal waters that locally maintained a humid and warm microclimate. We reconstructed the geological and palaeohydrological factors responsible for the emergence of hot springs during the LGM and argue that refugia of this type, allowing the long-term survival and rapid post-LGM dispersal of temperate elements, were not exceptional in the European periglacial zone.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0355999