Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens

EA Pearce, F Mazier, S Normand, R Fyfe, V Andrieu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In
particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed …

[HTML][HTML] More than agriculture: Analysing time-cumulative human impact on European land-cover of second half of the holocene

A Zapolska, MA Serge, F Mazier, A Quiquet… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Assessment of past anthropogenic modifications of land-cover dynamics is key to
understanding the human role in the Earth system. Recent advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Hunter-gatherer impact on European interglacial vegetation: A modelling approach

A Nikulina, K Macdonald, A Zapolska, MA Serge… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article focuses on hunter-gatherer impact on interglacial vegetation in Europe, using a
case study from the Early Holocene (9200–8700 BP). We present a novel agent-based …

The challenge of comparing pollen-based quantitative vegetation reconstructions with outputs from vegetation models–a European perspective

A Dallmeyer, A Poska, L Marquer, A Seim… - Climate of the Past …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
We compare Holocene tree-cover changes in Europe derived from a transient MPI-ESM1. 2
simulation with high spatial resolution LPJ-GUESS time-slice simulations and pollen-based …

Legacy of last millennium timber use on plant cover in Central Europe: Insights from tree rings and pollen

E Antoine, L Marquer, B Muigg, W Tegel… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Throughout history, humans have relied on wood for constructions, tool production or as an
energy source. How and to what extent these human activities have impacted plant …

Holocene Vegetation Dynamics Revealed by a High-Resolution Pollen Record from Lake Yangzonghai in Central Yunnan, SW China

M Wang, Q Sun, H Meng, L Huang, H Li, H Zhang… - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Long-term regional vegetation dynamics is essential for the understanding of past land
cover changes. High-resolution pollen analysis of a 1020 cm core from a large lake, Lake …

Efficient caproic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass by bio-augmented mixed microorganisms

T Liu, J Li, X Hao, J Meng - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Producing caproic acid via carboxylate platform is an environmentally-friendly approach for
treating lignocellulosic agricultural waste. However, its implementation is still challenged by …

Evaluation of relative pollen productivities in temperate China for reliable pollen-based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene plant cover

F Li, MJ Gaillard, S Xie, K Huang, Q Cui… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm (LRA) is regarded as the soundest approach for
quantifying taxon-specific plant cover from pollen data. The reliability of relative pollen …

Exploring local and regional vegetation compositional changes during the Neolithic (5th–3rd millennium BC): A case study on the forager impact on vegetation in …

TH Alenius, L Marquer, K Nordqvist - The Holocene, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This research explores the vegetation compositional changes between the fifth and third
millennium BC on the Karelian Isthmus (north-west Russia). Special emphasis is placed on …

Evolution of the Asian monsoon recorded by Holocene aeolian sediments in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

A Xu, M Hu, Q Bai - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Aeolian sediments in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau may contain information about
changes of the atmospheric circulation changes in the region, and can be used to …