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dc.contributor.authorPearce, EA
dc.contributor.authorMazier, F
dc.contributor.authorNormand, S
dc.contributor.authorFyfe, R
dc.contributor.authorAndrieu, V
dc.contributor.authorBakels, C
dc.contributor.authorBalwierz, Z
dc.contributor.authorBinka, K
dc.contributor.authorBoreham, S
dc.contributor.authorBorisova, OK
dc.contributor.authorBrostrom, A
dc.contributor.authorde Beaulieu, J-L
dc.contributor.authorGao, C
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez-Samperiz, P
dc.contributor.authorGranoszewski, W
dc.contributor.authorHrynowiecka, A
dc.contributor.authorKolaczek, P
dc.contributor.authorKunes, P
dc.contributor.authorMagri, D
dc.contributor.authorMalkiewicz, M
dc.contributor.authorHighall, T
dc.contributor.authorMilner, AM
dc.contributor.authorMoller, P
dc.contributor.authorNita, M
dc.contributor.authorNoryśkiewicz, B
dc.contributor.authorPidek, IA
dc.contributor.authorReille, M
dc.contributor.authorRobertsson, A-M
dc.contributor.authorSalonen, JS
dc.contributor.authorSchläfli, P
dc.contributor.authorSchokker, J
dc.contributor.authorScussolini, P
dc.contributor.authorŠeirienė, V
dc.contributor.authorStrahl, J
dc.contributor.authorUrban, B
dc.contributor.authorWinter, H
dc.contributor.authorSvenning, J-C
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-08T13:23:51Z
dc.date.available2023-09-08T13:23:51Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-10
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548
dc.identifier.otherARTN eadi9135
dc.identifier.urihttps://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21296
dc.description.abstract

The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed-canopy forest; however, some argue that large herbivores maintained greater openness or even wood-pasture conditions. Here, we address this question for the Last Interglacial period (129,000–116,000 years ago), before Homo sapiens–linked megafauna declines and anthropogenic landscape transformation. We applied the vegetation reconstruction method REVEALS to 96 Last Interglacial pollen records. We found that light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover during this period. The degree of openness was highly variable and only partially linked to climatic factors, indicating the importance of natural disturbance regimes. Our results show that the temperate forest biome was historically heterogeneous rather than uniformly dense, which is consistent with the dependency of much of contemporary European biodiversity on open vegetation and light woodland.

dc.format.extenteadi9135-
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectEcosystem
dc.subjectForests
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectPollen
dc.subjectWood
dc.subjectTrees
dc.titleSubstantial light woodland and open vegetation characterised the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37948521
plymouth.issue45
plymouth.volume9
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi9135
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalScience Advances
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/sciadv.adi9135
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering|School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Research Groups|Marine Institute
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
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plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Users by role|Academics
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|REF 2021 Researchers by UoA|UoA14 Geography and Environmental Studies
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Admin Group - REF
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Admin Group - REF|REF Admin Group - FoSE
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-09-06
dc.date.updated2023-09-08T13:23:45Z
dc.rights.embargodate2023-12-6
dc.identifier.eissn2375-2548
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1126/sciadv.adi9135


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