NDLI: The use of modelling and simulation approach in reconstructing past landscapes from fossil pollen data: a review and results from the POLLANDCAL network

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Author	Gaillard, Marie José Sugita, Shinya Bunting, M. Jane Middleton, Richard Broström, Anna Caseldine, Christopher Giesecke, Thomas Hellman, Sophie E. V. Hicks, Sheila Hjelle, Kari Langdon, Catherine Nielsen, Anne Birgitte Poska, Anneli Stedingk, Henrik Veski, Sim
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Information on past land cover in terms of absolute areas of different landscape units (forest, open land, pasture land, cultivated land, etc.) at local to regional scales is needed to test hypotheses and answer questions related to climate change (e.g. feedbacks effects of land-cover change), archaeological research, and nature conservancy (e.g. management strategy). The palaeoecological technique best suited to achieve quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation is pollen analysis. A simulation approach developed by Sugita (the computer model POLLSCAPE) which uses models based on the theory of pollen analysis is presented together with examples of application. POLLSCAPE has been adopted as the central tool for POLLANDCAL (POLlen/LANdscape CALibration), an international research network focusing on this topic. The theory behind models of the pollen–vegetation relationship and POLLSCAPE is reviewed. The two model outputs which receive greatest attention in this paper are the relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) and pollen loading in mires and lakes. Six examples of application of POLLSCAPE are presented, each of which explores a possible use of the POLLANDCAL tools and a means of validating or evaluating the models with empirical data. The landscape and vegetation factors influencing the size of the RSAP, the importance of pollen productivity estimates (PPEs) for the model outputs, the detection of small and rare patches of plant taxa in pollen records, and quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation and landscapes are discussed on the basis of these examples. The simulation approach is seen to be useful both for exploring different vegetation/landscape scenarios and for refuting hypotheses.
Starting Page	419
Ending Page	443
Page Count	25
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09396314
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	16176278
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-08-01
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	POLLANDCAL network POLLSCAPE simulation model Pollen dispersal and deposition Relevant source area of pollen Quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation and landscapes Archaeology Anthropology Climate Change Biogeosciences Paleontology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Plant Science Archeology (arts and humanities) Paleontology

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