Christoph Schwörer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4456244 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christoph Schwörer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christoph |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwörer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWÖRER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8884-8852 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Holocene climate and human impacts on vegetation dynamics in the Swiss Alps highlight biodiversity conservation challenges
The record of Lake Seewli (2027 m a.s.l.) in the Northern Alps covers 11,000 years of vegetation dynamics. Pioneer vegetation characterized Seewli at the beginning of the Holocene, followed by the expansion of treeline conditions at 9200 cal. BP during the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM), when Pinus cembra occurred locally. Abies alba established at the site from ca. 8400 cal. BP onward, forming open stone pine-silver fir forests that are very rar…
Vegetation changes since the late Middle Ages around Bern, Switzerland
While the impacts of modern farming and land use practices on climate and biodiversity since 1900 are well-studied in Western and Central Europe, less is known about the preceding transitional period of the 18th and 19th century. By combining information from both natural and historical archives, this study strives to understand the impacts of 18th century agrarian modernisation on Central European ecosystems. Here we present a multi-proxy palaeo…
Years of vegetation and land use history in the upper continental montane zone at Lac de Champex (Valais, Switzerland)
Forests in the upper continental montane zone are important ecotones between lowland and subalpine forest ecosystems. A thorough understanding of the past vegetation dynamics at mid elevation is crucial to assess past and future altitudinal range shifts of tree species in response to climate change. Lake sediments from Lac de Champex (1,467 m a.s.l.), a small lake in the Canton Valais in the Central Swiss Alps were analysed to reconstruct the veg…
Holocene vegetation, fire and land use dynamics at Lake Svityaz, an agriculturally marginal site in northwestern Ukraine
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-021-00844-z
Years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy)
Knowledge about the vegetation history of Sardinia, the second largest island of the Mediterranean, is scanty. Here, we present a new sedimentary record covering the past ~ 8,000 years from Lago di Baratz, north-west Sardinia. Vegetation and fire history are reconstructed by pollen, spores, macrofossils and charcoal analyses and environmental dynamics by high-resolution element geochemistry together with pigment analyses. During the period 8,100-…
Years of interactions between climate, vegetation and land use in Northern Greece
Millennial multi-proxy reconstruction of oasis dynamics in Jordan, by the Dead Sea
Vertical mobility around the high-alpine Schnidejoch Pass. Indications of Neolithic and Bronze Age pastoralism in the Swiss Alps from paleoecological and archaeological sources
Reconstruction of Holocene vegetation dynamics at Lac de Bretaye, a high-mountain lake in the Swiss Alps
A deeper understanding of past vegetation dynamics is required to better assess future vegetation responses to global warming in the Alps. Lake sediments from Lac de Bretaye, a small subalpine lake in the Northern Swiss Alps (1780 m a.s.l.), were analysed to reconstruct past vegetation dynamics for the entire Holocene, using pollen, macrofossil and charcoal analyses as main proxies. The results show that timberline reached the lake’s catchment ar…
Climatic and human impacts on mountain vegetation at Lauenensee (Bernese Alps, Switzerland) during the last 14,000 years
Lake sediments from Lauenensee (1381 m a.s.l.), a small lake in the Bernese Alps, were analysed to reconstruct the vegetation and fire history. The chronology is based on 11 calibrated radiocarbon dates on terrestrial plant macrofossils suggesting a basal age of 14,200 cal. BP. Pollen and macrofossil data imply that treeline never reached the lake catchment during the Bølling–Allerød interstadial. Treeline north of the Alps was depressed by c. 30…
Holocene climate, fire and vegetation dynamics at the treeline in the Northwestern Swiss Alps
Holocene climate, fire and vegetation dynamics at the tree line in the Northwestern Swiss Alps
Holocene climate, fire and vegetation dynamics at the treeline in the Northwestern Swiss Alps
Years of interactions between climate, vegetation and land use in Northern Greece
Climatic and human impacts on mountain vegetation at Lauenensee (Bernese Alps, Switzerland) during the last 14,000 years
Lake sediments from Lauenensee (1381 m a.s.l.), a small lake in the Bernese Alps, were analysed to reconstruct the vegetation and fire history. The chronology is based on 11 calibrated radiocarbon dates on terrestrial plant macrofossils suggesting a basal age of 14,200 cal. BP. Pollen and macrofossil data imply that treeline never reached the lake catchment during the Bølling–Allerød interstadial. Treeline north of the Alps was depressed by c. 30…
Years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy)
Knowledge about the vegetation history of Sardinia, the second largest island of the Mediterranean, is scanty. Here, we present a new sedimentary record covering the past ~ 8,000 years from Lago di Baratz, north-west Sardinia. Vegetation and fire history are reconstructed by pollen, spores, macrofossils and charcoal analyses and environmental dynamics by high-resolution element geochemistry together with pigment analyses. During the period 8,100-…
Years of vegetation and land use history in the upper continental montane zone at Lac de Champex (Valais, Switzerland)
Forests in the upper continental montane zone are important ecotones between lowland and subalpine forest ecosystems. A thorough understanding of the past vegetation dynamics at mid elevation is crucial to assess past and future altitudinal range shifts of tree species in response to climate change. Lake sediments from Lac de Champex (1,467 m a.s.l.), a small lake in the Canton Valais in the Central Swiss Alps were analysed to reconstruct the veg…
Reconstruction of Holocene vegetation dynamics at Lac de Bretaye, a high-mountain lake in the Swiss Alps
A deeper understanding of past vegetation dynamics is required to better assess future vegetation responses to global warming in the Alps. Lake sediments from Lac de Bretaye, a small subalpine lake in the Northern Swiss Alps (1780 m a.s.l.), were analysed to reconstruct past vegetation dynamics for the entire Holocene, using pollen, macrofossil and charcoal analyses as main proxies. The results show that timberline reached the lake’s catchment ar…
Holocene vegetation, fire and land use dynamics at Lake Svityaz, an agriculturally marginal site in northwestern Ukraine
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-021-00844-z
Holocene climate, fire and vegetation dynamics at the tree line in the Northwestern Swiss Alps
Climatic and human impacts on mountain vegetation at Lauenensee (Bernese Alps, Switzerland) during the last 14,000 years
Lake sediments from Lauenensee (1381 m a.s.l.), a small lake in the Bernese Alps, were analysed to reconstruct the vegetation and fire history. The chronology is based on 11 calibrated radiocarbon dates on terrestrial plant macrofossils suggesting a basal age of 14,200 cal. BP. Pollen and macrofossil data imply that treeline never reached the lake catchment during the Bølling–Allerød interstadial. Treeline north of the Alps was depressed by c. 30…
Holocene climate, fire and vegetation dynamics at the treeline in the Northwestern Swiss Alps
Reconstruction of Holocene vegetation dynamics at Lac de Bretaye, a high-mountain lake in the Swiss Alps
A deeper understanding of past vegetation dynamics is required to better assess future vegetation responses to global warming in the Alps. Lake sediments from Lac de Bretaye, a small subalpine lake in the Northern Swiss Alps (1780 m a.s.l.), were analysed to reconstruct past vegetation dynamics for the entire Holocene, using pollen, macrofossil and charcoal analyses as main proxies. The results show that timberline reached the lake’s catchment ar…
Millennial multi-proxy reconstruction of oasis dynamics in Jordan, by the Dead Sea
Vertical mobility around the high-alpine Schnidejoch Pass. Indications of Neolithic and Bronze Age pastoralism in the Swiss Alps from paleoecological and archaeological sources
Years of interactions between climate, vegetation and land use in Northern Greece
Years of vegetation and land use history in the upper continental montane zone at Lac de Champex (Valais, Switzerland)
Forests in the upper continental montane zone are important ecotones between lowland and subalpine forest ecosystems. A thorough understanding of the past vegetation dynamics at mid elevation is crucial to assess past and future altitudinal range shifts of tree species in response to climate change. Lake sediments from Lac de Champex (1,467 m a.s.l.), a small lake in the Canton Valais in the Central Swiss Alps were analysed to reconstruct the veg…
Holocene vegetation, fire and land use dynamics at Lake Svityaz, an agriculturally marginal site in northwestern Ukraine
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-021-00844-z
Years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy)
Knowledge about the vegetation history of Sardinia, the second largest island of the Mediterranean, is scanty. Here, we present a new sedimentary record covering the past ~ 8,000 years from Lago di Baratz, north-west Sardinia. Vegetation and fire history are reconstructed by pollen, spores, macrofossils and charcoal analyses and environmental dynamics by high-resolution element geochemistry together with pigment analyses. During the period 8,100-…
Vegetation changes since the late Middle Ages around Bern, Switzerland
While the impacts of modern farming and land use practices on climate and biodiversity since 1900 are well-studied in Western and Central Europe, less is known about the preceding transitional period of the 18th and 19th century. By combining information from both natural and historical archives, this study strives to understand the impacts of 18th century agrarian modernisation on Central European ecosystems. Here we present a multi-proxy palaeo…
Holocene climate and human impacts on vegetation dynamics in the Swiss Alps highlight biodiversity conservation challenges
The record of Lake Seewli (2027 m a.s.l.) in the Northern Alps covers 11,000 years of vegetation dynamics. Pioneer vegetation characterized Seewli at the beginning of the Holocene, followed by the expansion of treeline conditions at 9200 cal. BP during the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM), when Pinus cembra occurred locally. Abies alba established at the site from ca. 8400 cal. BP onward, forming open stone pine-silver fir forests that are very rar…
Geography (12 works) · Physical geography (12 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Holocene (9 works) · Vegetation (pathology (9 works) · Geology (8 works) · Tree-ring climate responses (8 works) · Biology (6 works)