The fourth dimension of vegetation

Birks, H. J. B.; Birks, H. H.; Ammann, Brigitta (2016). The fourth dimension of vegetation. Science, 354(6311), pp. 412-413. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.aai8737

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In July 1916, Swedish geologist Lennart von Post showed that by identifying and counting pollen preserved at different depths in Swedish peat bogs he could infer changes in forest composition through time. Following his pioneering work, pollen analysis quickly became established as a key tool for understanding past vegetation, climate, and ecosystems. Today, it is used widely to reconstruct past ecosystems and test hypotheses about drivers of ecosystem change

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Palaeoecology
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS)

UniBE Contributor:

Ammann, Brigitta

Subjects:

500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany)

ISSN:

0036-8075

Publisher:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas

Date Deposited:

16 Nov 2016 14:55

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:59

Publisher DOI:

10.1126/science.aai8737

PubMed ID:

27789825

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.89658

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/89658

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