Holocene history of Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl in the Czech Republic. Implications for species population dynamics and palaeoecology

0346600 - ARÚ 2011 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Pokorný, Petr - Sádlo, Jiří - Bernardová, A.
Holocene history of Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl in the Czech Republic. Implications for species population dynamics and palaeoecology.
Acta Palaeobotanica. Roč. 50, č. 1 (2010), s. 65-76. ISSN 0001-6594. E-ISSN 2082-0259
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAAX00020701; GA AV ČR IAAX00050801
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508; CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : pollen analysis * plant macrofossils * extinctions
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
http://www.botany.pl/pubs-pdf/Acta%20Palaeobotanica/2010/Ac501_s65-76.pdf

The occurrence of Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl (Cyperaceae), a rare species in the Czech Republic, is often considered a relict of earlier phases of the Holocene. We confirm this assumption to a high degree, based on palaeobotanical finds. We argue that local occurrences of C. mariscus in the Czech Republic can be considered as parts of an independent meta-population surviving over the entire Holocene, rather than a component of meta-populations stretching from other parts of Europe where the species is more common. In the Czech Republic Cladium mariscus has so far been found at 11 modern localities and at 5 fossil sites as macrofossils.
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