In this contribution we compile and summarize the available paleo-environmental lacustrine
data for the last 20,000 years from the southern Central Pyrenees (from west to east: El …

One lake and three peat bogs from the Lourdes glacial basin (France) were used for
macrocharcoal analyses and fire frequency reconstruction over the entire Holocene (11700 …

Quantitative estimates of past vegetation with a clearly defined spatial scale are a critical
step to better understand the patterns and processes of changes in vegetation and land …

The Mediterranean region has been shaped by human activity and maintained by traditional
practices of land use for centuries. This has affected the distribution of plants and the …

More than four metres of core, covering almost 5000 years of deposition, were collected in a
high ash minerogenic peat deposit located in the High Aldudes valley (Basque country), an …

Previous research acknowledges the ancient and complex land-use history of European
mountainous areas, which are characterised by a remarkable regional variability in terms of …

This chapter examines the pollen evidence on human signature in the Pyrenees since the
arrival of the first agro-pastoralists in the foothills of the mountains in the Early Neolithic …

The seasonal snow in the Pyrenees Mountains is an essential source of runoff for
hydropower production and crop irrigation in Spain and France. The Pyrenees are expected …

This paper presents the environmental, climate and vegetation changes reconstructed for
the last 14.6 kyr cal BP from the Marboré Lake sedimentary sequence, the highest altitude …

Tree lines are supposed to react sensitively to the current global change. However, the lack
of a long‐term (millennial) perspective on tree line shifts in the Pyrenees prevents …