Comparing pollen spectra from modified Tauber traps and moss samples: examples from a selection of woodlands across Europe

0347180 - BÚ 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Pardoe, H. S. - Giesecke, T. - van der Knaap, W. O. - Svitavská-Svobodová, Helena - Kavavadze, E. - Panajiotidis, S. - Gerasimidis, A. - Pidek, I. A. - Zimny, M. - Swieta-Musznicka, J. - Latalova, M. - Noryskiewicz, A. M. - Bozilova, E. - Tonkov, S. - Filipova-Marinova, M. - van Leeuwen, J. F. N. - Kalnina, L.
Comparing pollen spectra from modified Tauber traps and moss samples: examples from a selection of woodlands across Europe.
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Roč. 19, č. 4 (2010), s. 271-283. ISSN 0939-6314. E-ISSN 1617-6278
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAAX00130801
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : moss samples * surface pollen deposition * representation of tree taxa
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 1.656, year: 2010

This paper compares pollen spectra derived from modified Tauber traps and moss samples from a selection of woodland types from Bulgaria, the CzechRepublic, Georgia, Greece, Poland, Switzerland and Wales. The study examines the representation of individual taxa in the two sampling media and aims to ascertain the duration of pollen deposition captured by a moss. A comparison of the proportion of different taxa in the moss with the pollen spectrum of years of pollen deposition in the trap also revealed large differences. There is a tendency for bisaccate grains such as Pinus and Picea to have a higher representation in moss than in traps but there is considerable regional variation. The results indicate that pollen proportions from moss samples often represent the pollen deposition of one area over several years, usually more than two years. However, bisaccate pollen grains tend to be over-represented in moss samples compared to both pollen traps and, potentially, lake sediments.
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