[HTML][HTML] A critical assessment of human-impact indices based on anthropogenic pollen indicators

M Deza-Araujo, C Morales-Molino, W Tinner… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pollen indicators in pollen records are an established tool for reconstructing
the history of human impacts on vegetation and landscapes. They are also used to …

[HTML][HTML] On the use of spores of coprophilous fungi preserved in sediments to indicate past herbivore presence

CM Lee, B van Geel, WD Gosling - Quaternary, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungal spores that grew on the faeces of herbivores in the past can be extracted from
sediments and used to identify the presence of herbivores in former ecosystems. This …

Modern and fossil non-pollen palynomorphs from the Basque mountains (western Pyrenees, France): the use of coprophilous fungi to reconstruct pastoral activity

C Cugny, F Mazier, D Galop - Vegetation history and Archaeobotany, 2010 - Springer
This paper presents results from a modern dataset of non-pollen palynomorphs and its
application to a ca. 2,000 year peat record from the same area in the western Pyrenees …

Palynological perspectives on vegetation survey: a critical step for model-based reconstruction of Quaternary land cover

MJ Bunting, M Farrell, A Broström, KL Hjelle… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation distribution and abundance from sedimentary
pollen records provides an important baseline for understanding long term ecosystem …

Tracking hunter-gatherer impact on vegetation in last interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and challenges

A Nikulina, K MacDonald, F Scherjon… - … method and theory, 2022 - Springer
We review palaeoenvironmental proxies and combinations of these relevant for
understanding hunter-gatherer niche construction activities in pre-agricultural Europe. Our …

Multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing local pastoral activities: an example from the Pyrenean Mountains (Pays Basque)

F Mazier, D Galop, MJ Gaillard, C Rendu… - The …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study archaeology, history and palaeoecology (modern and fossil data sets of pollen
and non-pollen palynomorphs) were used to reconstruct small-scale pastoral activities in the …