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dc.contributor.authorNikulina, A
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, K
dc.contributor.authorZapolska, A
dc.contributor.authorSerge, MA
dc.contributor.authorRoche, DM
dc.contributor.authorMazier, F
dc.contributor.authorDavoli, M
dc.contributor.authorSvenning, J-C
dc.contributor.authorvan Wees, D
dc.contributor.authorPearce, EA
dc.contributor.authorFyfe, R
dc.contributor.authorRoebroeks, W
dc.contributor.authorScherjon, F
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-27T12:31:21Z
dc.date.available2023-11-27T12:31:21Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-15
dc.identifier.issn1873-457X
dc.identifier.issn1873-457X
dc.identifier.other108439
dc.identifier.urihttps://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21704
dc.description.abstract

This article focuses on hunter-gatherer impact on interglacial vegetation in Europe, using a case study from the Early Holocene (9200–8700 BP). We present a novel agent-based model, hereafter referred to as HUMLAND (HUMan impact on LANDscapes), specifically developed to define key factors in continental-level vegetation changes via assessment of differences between pollen-based reconstruction and dynamic global vegetation model output (climate-based vegetation cover). The identified significant difference between these two datasets can be partially explained by the difference in the models themselves, but also by the fact that climate is not the sole factor responsible for vegetation change. Sensitivity analysis of HUMLAND showed that the intensity of anthropogenic vegetation modification mainly depended on three factors: the number of groups present, their preferences for vegetation openness around campsites, and the size of an area impacted by humans. Overall, both climate and human activities had strong impacts on vegetation openness during the study period. Our modelling results support the hypothesis that European ecosystems were strongly shaped by human activities already in the Mesolithic.

dc.format.extent108439-108439
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectAgent-based modelling
dc.subjectHunter-gatherers
dc.subjectEurope
dc.subjectVegetation modelling
dc.subjectLandscape burning
dc.subjectHUMLAND
dc.titleHunter-gatherer impacts on interglacial vegetation: a modelling approach
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.volume324
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108439
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalQuaternary Science Reviews
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108439
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
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dcterms.dateAccepted2023-11-26
dc.date.updated2023-11-27T12:31:16Z
dc.rights.embargodate2024-1-31
dc.identifier.eissn1873-457X
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