Secondary succession is threatening many species of open habitats in north-western
Europe. This problem has caused an intense debate over whether the present-natural …

In an attempt to quantify Holocene anthropogenic land-cover change in temperate China,
we 1) applied the REVEALS model to estimate plant-cover change using 94 pollen records …

It is a widely held belief that a climax vegetation of closed forest systems covered the
lowlands of Central and Western Europe before humans intervened in prehistoric times to …

Quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation is one of the primary goals in Quaternary
palynology and palaeoecology but still remains difficult. This paper proposes a model …

Pollen grains are produced and dispersed as part of the plant reproductive process. They
are usually spherical or elliptical and in the size range 0.01 mm to 0.1 mm. The outer walls …

This paper integrates recent efforts to map the distribution of biomes for the late Quaternary
with the detailed evidence that plant species have responded individualistically to climate …

Quantitative reconstructions of past land-cover are necessary for research into the
processes involved in climate-human-land interactions. We present the first temporally …

Little is known about the antiquity, nature, and scale of Pleistocene hunter-gatherer impact
on their ecosystems, despite the importance for studies of conservation and human …

The major objectives of this paper are:(1) to review the pros and cons of the scenarios of
past anthropogenic land cover change (ALCC) developed during the last ten years,(2) to …

Abstract Information on the spatial distribution of past vegetation on local, regional and
global scales is increasingly used within climate modelling, nature conservancy and …