RT Journal Article
T1 The Use of Plant Macrofossils for Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions in Southern European Peatlands
A1 Souto Souto, Martín
A1 Castro Fernández, Daniel
A1 García-Rodeja Gayoso, Eduardo
A1 Pontevedra Pombal, Francisco Xabier
K1 Paleobotany
K1 Paleoclimatic reconstructions
K1 Plant remains
K1 Mires
K1 Bogs
AB The analysis of plant macrofossils in peatland ecosystems has been widely used for the climatic and ecological reconstruction of the Holocene in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere. By contrast, perhaps associated with rarity of these ecosystems, this proxy has barely been explored for southern Europe. In this work, a compilation and review of existing knowledge on the study of plant macrofossils of peatlands in southern Europe has been carried out, both from a paleoenvironmental perspective and in terms of biodiversity dynamics. Although small in surface area, the peatlands of southern Europe stand out for their diversity (botanical, edaphogenic, morphological, etc.), which has allowed the recovery of a large number of macrofossils from both vascular plants and bryophytes. The southern zone of Europe contains refuge zones with a high plant diversity that have not suffered the intense glaciation of the northern zones, this allows a continuous record since the beginning of the Holocene and the detection of climatic events in lower latitudes, where the ice recession was earlier.
PB MDPI
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21055
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21055
LA eng
NO Souto, M., Castro, D., García-Rodeja, E., & Pontevedra-Pombal, X. (2019). The Use of Plant Macrofossils for Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions in Southern European Peatlands. Quaternary, 2(4), 34.
NO This research was made possible through receipt of a grant awarded by the Xunta de Galicia (project: INCITE09-200-019-PR) and through the support for “Consolidación e Estructuración 2018 GRC GI-1243-GEMAP, ED431C 2018/32”
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026