Permafrost conditions in the Mediterranean region since the Last Glaciation

M Oliva, M Žebre, M Guglielmin, PD Hughes… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The relatively warm climate conditions prevailing today in the Mediterranean region limit
cold geomorphological processes only to the highest mountain environments. However …

Interactions between climate and vegetation during the Lateglacial period as recorded by lake and mire sediment archives in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland

E Vescovi, C Ravazzi, E Arpenti, W Finsinger… - Quaternary Science …, 2007 - Elsevier
We reconstruct the vegetational history of the southern side of the Alps at 18,000–10,000
calyr BP using previous and new AMS-dated stratigraphic records of pollen, stomata, and …

A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations: palaeobotanical evidence and genetic consequences

D Magri, GG Vendramin, B Comps… - New …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Here, palaeobotanical and genetic data for common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Europe are
used to evaluate the genetic consequences of long‐term survival in refuge areas and …

Holocene circum-Mediterranean vegetation changes: climate forcing and human impact

G Jalut, JJ Dedoubat, M Fontugne, T Otto - Quaternary international, 2009 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean climate and its variability depend on global-scale climate patterns. Close
correlations appear when comparing Holocene palaeoenvironmental data (lake levels …

Quaternary glacial history of the Mediterranean mountains

PD Hughes, JC Woodward… - Progress in physical …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Glacial and periglacial landforms are widespread in the mountains of the Mediterranean
region. The evidence for glacial and periglacial activity has been studied for over 120 years …

Phylogeny and quaternary history of the European montane/alpine endemic Soldanella (Primulaceae) based on ITS and AFLP variation

LB Zhang, HP Comes… - American Journal of Botany, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Soldanella contains 16 species of herbaceous perennials that are endemic to the central
and south European high mountains. The genus is ecogeographically subdivided into …

Late Quaternary history of spruce in southern Europe

C Ravazzi - Review of Palaeobotany and palynology, 2002 - Elsevier
The late Quaternary history of fossil spruces in southern Europe (Picea abies (L.) Karsten
and Picea omorika (Pancic) Purkyne) is based on 163 selected pollen, charcoal and …

Europe's southernmost glaciers: response and adaptation to climate change

K Grunewald, J Scheithauer - Journal of glaciology, 2010 - cambridge.org
The southernmost glaciers in Europe are located on the Iberian, Apennine and Balkan
Peninsulas in mid-latitudes between 41° N and 44° N at altitudes ranging from 2000 to 3000 …

Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation dynamics in the Aegean region: an integrated view based on pollen data from marine and terrestrial archives

U Kotthoff, UC Müller, J Pross, G Schmiedl… - The …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
To elucidate the vegetation dynamics in the Aegean region during the last 20 kyr, we have
studied terrestrial palynomorphs in marine core GeoTü SL152 (Mount Athos Basin, northern …

The Lateglacial and Holocene environmental history of the Ioannina basin, north-west Greece

I Lawson, M Frogley, C Bryant, R Preece… - Quaternary Science …, 2004 - Elsevier
This study centres on palaeoenvironmental analysis of the upper part of a long core from the
partially drained, tectonic Ioannina basin, north-west Greece. The data span the Lateglacial …