Expected trends and surprises in the Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation history of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands

JS Carrión, S Fernández, P González-Sampériz… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent, high-resolution palaeoecological records are changing the traditional picture of post-
glacial vegetation succession in the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to the influence of …

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Fagus sylvatica

JR Packham, PA Thomas, MD Atkinson… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of F agus sylvatica L. that are
relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are …

Steppes, savannahs, forests and phytodiversity reservoirs during the Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula

P González-Sampériz, SAG Leroy, JS Carrión… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2010 - Elsevier
A palaeobotanical analysis of the Pleistocene floras and vegetation in the Iberian Peninsula
shows the existence of patched landscapes with Pinus woodlands, deciduous and mixed …

New data on the Lateglacial period of SW Europe: a high resolution multiproxy record from Laguna de la Roya (NW Iberia)

CM Sobrino, O Heiri, M Hazekamp… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
High-resolution multiproxy analyses were performed on a 128 cm section of organic
sediments accumulated in a small mountain lake in NW Iberia (Laguna de la Roya, 1608 m …

Landscape dynamics and fire activity since 6740 cal yr BP in the Cantabrian region (La Molina peat bog, Puente Viesgo, Spain)

R Pérez-Obiol, JC García-Codron, A Pelachs… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
A lack of paleobotanic studies with adequate resolution and multiproxy approaches has
limited proper discussion of vegetation dynamics in Cantabria and of the role of fires in the …

Past and present potential distribution of the Iberian Abies species: a phytogeographic approach using fossil pollen data and species distribution models

F Alba‐Sánchez, JA López‐Sáez… - Diversity and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Quaternary palaeopalynological records collected throughout the Iberian Peninsula and
species distribution models (SDMs) were integrated to gain a better understanding of the …

Revealing the last 13,500 years of environmental history from the multiproxy record of a mountain lake (Lago Enol, northern Iberian Peninsula)

A Moreno, L López-Merino, M Leira… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
We present the Holocene sequence from Lago Enol (43° 16′ N, 4° 59′ W, 1,070 m asl),
Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain. A multiproxy analysis provided comprehensive …

Out of Africa: north‐westwards Pleistocene expansions of the heather Erica arborea

A Désamoré, B Laenen, N Devos, M Popp… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The heather Erica arborea L. is a dominant element of the circum‐
Mediterranean region. Its broad, disjunct distribution, ranging from Macaronesia to eastern …

Vegetation changes in relation to fire history and human activities at the Peña Negra mire (Bejar Range, Iberian Central Mountain System, Spain) during the past …

D Abel-Schaad, JA López-Sáez - Vegetation history and archaeobotany, 2013 - Springer
Human impact is a key factor in the evolution of landscape since the mid-Holocene. In this
work landscape changes in a mountainous area in central Spain are examined through the …