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Felde, V. A., Flantua, S. G. A., Jenks, C. R., Benito, B. M., De Beaulieu, J.-L., Kuneš, P., . . . Birks, H. J. (2020). Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29(1), 101-109
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
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2020 (English)In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, ISSN 0939-6314, E-ISSN 1617-6278, Vol. 29, no 1, p. 101-109Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Eemian interglacial represents a natural experiment on how past vegetation with negligible human impact responded to amplified temperature changes compared to the Holocene. Here, we assemble 47 carefully selected Eemian pollen sequences from Europe to explore geographical patterns of (1) total compositional turnover and total variation for each sequence and (2) stratigraphical turnover between samples within each sequence using detrended canonical correspondence analysis, multivariate regression trees, and principal curves. Our synthesis shows that turnover and variation are highest in central Europe (47-55 degrees N), low in southern Europe (south of 45 degrees N), and lowest in the north (above 60 degrees N). These results provide a basis for developing hypotheses about causes of vegetation change during the Eemian and their possible drivers.

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Detrended canonical correspondence analysis, Extrinsic and intrinsic processes, Inertia, Last interglacial dataset, Multivariate regression trees, Neutral processes, Principal curves
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Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-180645 (URN)10.1007/s00334-019-00726-5 (DOI)000515882800008 ()
Available from: 2020-04-17 Created: 2020-04-17 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
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ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-5624-3488

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