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Forest history, peatland development and mid- to late Holocene environmental change in the southern taiga forest of central European Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2017

Elena Yu. Novenko ,
Andrey N. Tsyganov ,
Natalia M. Pisarchuk ,
Elena M. Volkova ,
Kirill V. Babeshko ,
Daniil N. Kozlov ,
Pavel M. Shilov ,
Richard J. Payne ,
Yuri A. Mazei  and
Alexander V. Olchev
Elena Yu. Novenko*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Science, Staromonetny Lane, 29, 119017, Moscow, Russia
Andrey N. Tsyganov
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Krasnaya Str. 40, 440026, Penza, Russia
Natalia M. Pisarchuk
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, Belarusian State University, Avenue Nezavisimosty, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
Elena M. Volkova
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Tula State University, Lenin Avenue, 92, 300600, Tula, Russia
Kirill V. Babeshko
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Krasnaya Str. 40, 440026, Penza, Russia
Daniil N. Kozlov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Pyzhyovskiy Lane 7/2, 19017, Moscow, Russia
Pavel M. Shilov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Richard J. Payne
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Krasnaya Str. 40, 440026, Penza, Russia Environment, University of York, York YO105DD, United Kingdom
Yuri A. Mazei
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, Belarusian State University, Avenue Nezavisimosty, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/12, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Alexander V. Olchev
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskiy Avenue, 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia
*
*Corresponding author at: Faculty of Geography, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia. E-mail address: [email protected] (E.Yu. Novenko).
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Abstract

Understanding the long-term ecological dynamics of boreal forests is essential for assessment of the possible responses and feedbacks of forest ecosystems to climate change. New data on past forest dynamics and peatland development were obtained from a peat sequence in the southern Valdai Hills (European Russia) based on pollen, plant macrofossil, micro-charcoal, peat humification, and testate amoeba analyses. The results demonstrate a dominance of broadleaved forests in the study area from 7000–4000 cal yr BP. Picea was initially a minor component of this forest but increased in cover rapidly with climatic cooling beginning at 4000 cal yr BP, becoming the dominant species. Broadleaved species persisted until 900 cal yr BP, with evidence for intensified felling and forest management over recent centuries. Over the last four hundred years there is evidence for widespread paludification and the establishment of Picea-Sphagnum forests. These data demonstrate how modern wet woodlands have been shaped by a combination of climatic and anthropogenic factors over several millennia. The results also demonstrate the value of a multiproxy approach in understanding long-term forest ecology.

Keywords

PollenPlant macrofossilsTestate amoebaePeatlandsSphagnum-spruce forestCentral Forest State Natural Biosphere Reserve
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 89 , Issue 1: Tribute to Daniel Livingstone and Paul Colinvaux , January 2018 , pp. 223 - 236
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017 

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