Nicolas Kühl
Biographic Data
| ID | 183924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicolas Kühl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicolas |
| FAMILY NAME | Kühl |
| SIGNATURE | KÜHL N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9605-8204 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 28 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Norway Spruce dynamics in NE Poland at the Middle-Late-Holocene transition
Norway spruce is one of Europe’s most significant trees, with a millennia-long role crucial for maintaining values of forests. Yet its migration, especially at its current range limits, is not fully understood. The paper presents the results of palynological research on the temporal spread of spruce in NE Poland between ca. 5500–2300 cal BP. The significance of our study lies in the fact that we used pollen records to reconstruct the vegetation u…
Treatment of stone sculptures with coatings - the most challenging step of restoration or its replacement
J’aime le quartier mais on veut s’en sortir tu vois ». Dynamiques d’appropriation et vécu quotidien de la stigmatisation dans un quartier dit prioritaire
La question des quartiers dits prioritaires cristallise un certain nombre de discours et de représentations dominantes qui tend à les instituer comme « problème de société » (Borrell, 2017, p. 8). Il se met ainsi en place un processus de disqualification et de stigmatisation des habitant·es de ces espaces. En s’appuyant sur un travail ethnographique et filmique, l’enjeu de cet article est de montrer que ce processus de stigmatisation n’est pas sa…
New radiocarbon dates point to the early evolution of resilient agriculture among Central Europe’s first farmers
The shift towards cultivating domesticated crops was a pivotal development in ecological, economic, and human behavioural systems. As agriculture expanded beyond its origins, it faced diverse environments, often unsuitable for the originally cultivated domesticates. Farmers in Central Europe had to adjust and transform their farming systems, typically cultivating only five domesticated crop species. Here, we present new archaeobotanical data comp…
Well-preserved Norway spruce needle phytoliths in sediments can be a new paleoenvironmental indicator
Analysis of phytoliths (plant silica bodies) still may have an unrevealed potential in paleoenvironmental reconstruction studies. This can provide novel findings in research on environmental change as phytoliths play an important role in the silicon biogeochemical cycle. In favorable environmental conditions, Picea abies [L.] H. Karst (Norway spruce) needles develop a phytolith layer consisting of more or less cubical or cuboid (blocky) phytolith…
De la reconnaissance à la considération. Penser les implications sociales et politiques de l’image « des quartiers »
La question de la reconnaissance sociale est centrale lorsque l’on s’intéresse à l’image « des quartiers » et de leurs habitant·es. À travers les discours et les représentations dominantes sur ces espaces, il se met en place un processus de disqualification et de stigmatisation des habitant·es des quartiers dits prioritaires qui les « empêche d’être pleinement acceptés dans la société » (Goffman, 1975, p. 7). Ce processus, qui se met en place dan…
Mountain aquatic Isoëtes populations reflect millennial-scale environmental changes in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem, Central Europe
In this study we aim to investigate millennial-scale dynamics of Isoëtes, a type of macrophyte well adapted to oligotrophic and clear-water lakes. Despite its wide distribution during the Early Holocene, nowadays Isoëtes is considered as vulnerable or critically endangered in many Central European countries. Using a multi-proxy palaeoecological reconstruction involving Isoëtes micro- and megaspores, pollen, plant macrofossils, macro-charcoal, dia…
Aspects of heritage care and revising knowledge on the Jindřichův Hradec Rondel
Rondel je tradiÄ nÄ povaĹžovĂĄn za vĂ ̋tvarnÄ nejhodnotnÄ jĹĄĂ Ä ĂĄst renesanÄ nĂ pĹ estavby zĂĄmku v JindĹ ichovÄ Hradci. Stavba i jejĂ interiĂŠr prodÄ laly v uplynulĂ ̋ch dvou stoletĂch nÄ kolik promÄ n a zĂĄsadnĂch pamĂĄtkovĂ ̋ch zĂĄsahĹŻ. Na zĂĄkladÄ analĂ ̋zy archivnĂch materiĂĄlĹŻ, spisovĂŠ dokumentace a zjiĹĄtÄ nĂ z probĂhajĂcĂho restaurĂĄtorskĂŠho prĹŻzkumu Ä lĂĄnek postihuje rozsah intervencĂ a interpretuje je v kontextu soudo…
Fenomén renesančního štuku a jeho reflexe v současnosti
Ă vodnĂ pĹ ĂspÄ vek si klade za cĂl Ä tenĂĄĹ e blĂĹže seznĂĄmit s aktuĂĄlnÄ probĂhajĂcĂm vĂ ̋zkumnĂ ̋m projektem RenesanÄ nĂ a manĂ ̋ristickĂŠ ĹĄtukatĂŠrstvĂ v Ä echĂĄch a na MoravÄ , v rĂĄmci kterĂŠho vÄ tĹĄina dĂĄle prezentovanĂ ̋ch statĂ Ä Ăsla vznikla
Relative pollen productivity estimates for vegetation reconstruction in central-eastern Europe inferred at local and regional scales
Understanding pollen-vegetation relationships is crucial for accurate land-cover and climate reconstructions, yet important parameters for quantifying past vegetation abundance are mostly unknown for large parts of Europe harbouring temperate thermophilous ecosystems. We collected pollen and vegetation data in central-eastern Europe, a region covered by patchy cultural landscapes of high biodiversity to estimate relative pollen productivity (RPP)…
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
Population and forest dynamics during the Central European Eneolithic (4500–2000 BC)
Late-glacial and Holocene European pollen data
The European Pollen Database (EPD) is a community effort to archive and make available pollen sequences from across the European continent. Pollen sequences provide records that may be used to infer past vegetation and vegetation change. We present here maps based on 828 sites from the EPD giving an overview of changes in postglacial pollen assemblages in Europe over the past 15,000 years. The maps show the distribution and abundance of 54 differ…
Human-induced changes in fire regime and subsequent alteration of the sandstone landscape of Northern Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Multiproxy palaeoecological evidence from a sandstone region in northern Czech Republic was collected to explore the impact of fire disturbances on the decline of the broadleaved forests during the Late Bronze Age (3250–3050 cal. BP). It has been hypothesized that human-accelerated soil leaching affected the nutrient availability in the sandstone area, thus promoting the expansion of oligotrophic-adapted plant communities in the late-Holocene. Li…
Pollen‐based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene regional vegetation cover (plant‐functional types and land‐cover types) in Europe suitable for climate modelling
We present quantitative reconstructions of regional vegetation cover in north‐western Europe, western Europe north of the Alps, and eastern Europe for five time windows in the Holocene [around 6k, 3k, 0.5k, 0.2k, and 0.05k calendar years before present ( bp )] at a 1° × 1° spatial scale with the objective of producing vegetation descriptions suitable for climate modelling. The REVEALS model was applied on 636 pollen records from lakes and bogs to…
Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka
Early occurrence of temperate oak-dominated forest in the northern part of the Little Hungarian Plain, SW Slovakia
Using a multi-proxy analysis of a postglacial sedimentary sequence from a lowland wetland, we address the possible drivers of change in the wetland habitats and surrounding landscapes of southwestern Slovakia. A 5 m-deep core in the Parížske močiare marshes was investigated for pollen, plant macro-remains, molluscs, organic content and magnetic susceptibility. The palaeoecological record extends from the Pleistocene–Holocene transition (≥11,200 c…
Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe
The number of well-dated pollen diagrams in Europe has increased considerably over the last 30 years and many of them have been submitted to the European Pollen Database (EPD). This allows for the construction of increasingly precise maps of Holocene vegetation change across the continent. Chronological information in the EPD has been expressed in uncalibrated radiocarbon years, and most chronologies to date are based on this time scale. Here we …
The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project
Testing the effect of site selection and parameter setting on Reveals-model estimates of plant abundance using the Czech Quaternary Palynological Database
Testing the correlation of fragmented pollen records of the middle and late Pleistocene temperate stages
Continuity and change in the vegetation of a Central European oakwood
The issue of continuity in deciduous oakwood vegetation has been in the forefront of woodland ecological studies for many decades. The two basic questions that emerge from existing research are whether or not oakwoods can be characterized by long-term stability and what may be the driving forces of the observed stability or change. To answer these questions in a well-defined case study, we examined the history of a large subcontinental oakwood (D…
Contrasting local and regional Holocene histories of Abies alba in the Czech Republic in relation to human impact
After the last glaciation, around 4000 BC, silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.) spread to the area that is now the Czech Republic. This spread was not restricted to high mountains, but also took place across both highland and lowland landscapes. Historical forestry records from around AD 1500 mention a massive expansion of Abies alba, favoured by forest pasturing, litter raking and selective tree cutting. According to the current interpretation of thes…
New Radiocarbon Data for the North Bohemian Mesolithic
Modern czech research into Mesolithic settlement in pseudokarst rock shelters started in 1951, with the work of F. Proek and V. Loek at Ztyn, Czech Republic. This was one of the first mesolithic sites identified during excavations in the czech republic. the material from this site has now been dated. Mesolithic settlement in the esk rj (Bohemian paradise) region had been found in several sites, but was not identified as Mesolithic for several dec…
Holocene land-cover reconstructions for studies on land cover-climate feedbacks
The major objectives of this paper are: (1) to review the pros and cons of the scenarios of past anthropogenic land cover change (ALCC) developed during the last ten years, (2) to discuss issues related to pollen-based reconstruction of the past land-cover and introduce a new method, REVEALS (Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites), to infer long-term records of past land-cover from pollen data, (3) to present a new project (…
Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe
The number of well-dated pollen diagrams in Europe has increased considerably over the last 30 years and many of them have been submitted to the European Pollen Database (EPD). This allows for the construction of increasingly precise maps of Holocene vegetation change across the continent. Chronological information in the EPD has been expressed in uncalibrated radiocarbon years, and most chronologies to date are based on this time scale. Here we …
The European Pollen Database
Pollen stratigraphies are the most spatially extensive data available for the reconstruction of past land-cover change. Detailed knowledge of past land-cover is becoming increasingly important to evaluate the present trends in, and drivers of, vegetation composition. The European Pollen Database (EPD) was established in the late 1980s and developed in the early 1990s to provide a structure for archiving, exchanging, and analysing Quaternary polle…
The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project
Insight into the environment of a pre-Roman Iron Age hillfort at Vladař, Czech Republic, using a multi-proxy approach
Detection of the impact of early Holocene hunter-gatherers on vegetation in the Czech Republic, using multivariate analysis of pollen data
Population and forest dynamics during the Central European Eneolithic (4500–2000 BC)
Contrasting local and regional Holocene histories of Abies alba in the Czech Republic in relation to human impact
After the last glaciation, around 4000 BC, silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.) spread to the area that is now the Czech Republic. This spread was not restricted to high mountains, but also took place across both highland and lowland landscapes. Historical forestry records from around AD 1500 mention a massive expansion of Abies alba, favoured by forest pasturing, litter raking and selective tree cutting. According to the current interpretation of thes…
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
Human-induced changes in fire regime and subsequent alteration of the sandstone landscape of Northern Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Multiproxy palaeoecological evidence from a sandstone region in northern Czech Republic was collected to explore the impact of fire disturbances on the decline of the broadleaved forests during the Late Bronze Age (3250–3050 cal. BP). It has been hypothesized that human-accelerated soil leaching affected the nutrient availability in the sandstone area, thus promoting the expansion of oligotrophic-adapted plant communities in the late-Holocene. Li…
Well-preserved Norway spruce needle phytoliths in sediments can be a new paleoenvironmental indicator
Analysis of phytoliths (plant silica bodies) still may have an unrevealed potential in paleoenvironmental reconstruction studies. This can provide novel findings in research on environmental change as phytoliths play an important role in the silicon biogeochemical cycle. In favorable environmental conditions, Picea abies [L.] H. Karst (Norway spruce) needles develop a phytolith layer consisting of more or less cubical or cuboid (blocky) phytolith…
Relative pollen productivity estimates for vegetation reconstruction in central-eastern Europe inferred at local and regional scales
Understanding pollen-vegetation relationships is crucial for accurate land-cover and climate reconstructions, yet important parameters for quantifying past vegetation abundance are mostly unknown for large parts of Europe harbouring temperate thermophilous ecosystems. We collected pollen and vegetation data in central-eastern Europe, a region covered by patchy cultural landscapes of high biodiversity to estimate relative pollen productivity (RPP)…
Early occurrence of temperate oak-dominated forest in the northern part of the Little Hungarian Plain, SW Slovakia
Using a multi-proxy analysis of a postglacial sedimentary sequence from a lowland wetland, we address the possible drivers of change in the wetland habitats and surrounding landscapes of southwestern Slovakia. A 5 m-deep core in the Parížske močiare marshes was investigated for pollen, plant macro-remains, molluscs, organic content and magnetic susceptibility. The palaeoecological record extends from the Pleistocene–Holocene transition (≥11,200 c…
Continuity and change in the vegetation of a Central European oakwood
The issue of continuity in deciduous oakwood vegetation has been in the forefront of woodland ecological studies for many decades. The two basic questions that emerge from existing research are whether or not oakwoods can be characterized by long-term stability and what may be the driving forces of the observed stability or change. To answer these questions in a well-defined case study, we examined the history of a large subcontinental oakwood (D…
New Radiocarbon Data for the North Bohemian Mesolithic
Modern czech research into Mesolithic settlement in pseudokarst rock shelters started in 1951, with the work of F. Proek and V. Loek at Ztyn, Czech Republic. This was one of the first mesolithic sites identified during excavations in the czech republic. the material from this site has now been dated. Mesolithic settlement in the esk rj (Bohemian paradise) region had been found in several sites, but was not identified as Mesolithic for several dec…
Insight into the environment of a pre-Roman Iron Age hillfort at Vladař, Czech Republic, using a multi-proxy approach
Detection of the impact of early Holocene hunter-gatherers on vegetation in the Czech Republic, using multivariate analysis of pollen data
The European Pollen Database
Pollen stratigraphies are the most spatially extensive data available for the reconstruction of past land-cover change. Detailed knowledge of past land-cover is becoming increasingly important to evaluate the present trends in, and drivers of, vegetation composition. The European Pollen Database (EPD) was established in the late 1980s and developed in the early 1990s to provide a structure for archiving, exchanging, and analysing Quaternary polle…
Holocene land-cover reconstructions for studies on land cover-climate feedbacks
The major objectives of this paper are: (1) to review the pros and cons of the scenarios of past anthropogenic land cover change (ALCC) developed during the last ten years, (2) to discuss issues related to pollen-based reconstruction of the past land-cover and introduce a new method, REVEALS (Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites), to infer long-term records of past land-cover from pollen data, (3) to present a new project (…
Contrasting local and regional Holocene histories of Abies alba in the Czech Republic in relation to human impact
After the last glaciation, around 4000 BC, silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.) spread to the area that is now the Czech Republic. This spread was not restricted to high mountains, but also took place across both highland and lowland landscapes. Historical forestry records from around AD 1500 mention a massive expansion of Abies alba, favoured by forest pasturing, litter raking and selective tree cutting. According to the current interpretation of thes…
New Radiocarbon Data for the North Bohemian Mesolithic
Modern czech research into Mesolithic settlement in pseudokarst rock shelters started in 1951, with the work of F. Proek and V. Loek at Ztyn, Czech Republic. This was one of the first mesolithic sites identified during excavations in the czech republic. the material from this site has now been dated. Mesolithic settlement in the esk rj (Bohemian paradise) region had been found in several sites, but was not identified as Mesolithic for several dec…
Testing the effect of site selection and parameter setting on Reveals-model estimates of plant abundance using the Czech Quaternary Palynological Database
Testing the correlation of fragmented pollen records of the middle and late Pleistocene temperate stages
Continuity and change in the vegetation of a Central European oakwood
The issue of continuity in deciduous oakwood vegetation has been in the forefront of woodland ecological studies for many decades. The two basic questions that emerge from existing research are whether or not oakwoods can be characterized by long-term stability and what may be the driving forces of the observed stability or change. To answer these questions in a well-defined case study, we examined the history of a large subcontinental oakwood (D…
Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe
The number of well-dated pollen diagrams in Europe has increased considerably over the last 30 years and many of them have been submitted to the European Pollen Database (EPD). This allows for the construction of increasingly precise maps of Holocene vegetation change across the continent. Chronological information in the EPD has been expressed in uncalibrated radiocarbon years, and most chronologies to date are based on this time scale. Here we …
The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project
Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka
Early occurrence of temperate oak-dominated forest in the northern part of the Little Hungarian Plain, SW Slovakia
Using a multi-proxy analysis of a postglacial sedimentary sequence from a lowland wetland, we address the possible drivers of change in the wetland habitats and surrounding landscapes of southwestern Slovakia. A 5 m-deep core in the Parížske močiare marshes was investigated for pollen, plant macro-remains, molluscs, organic content and magnetic susceptibility. The palaeoecological record extends from the Pleistocene–Holocene transition (≥11,200 c…
Pollen‐based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene regional vegetation cover (plant‐functional types and land‐cover types) in Europe suitable for climate modelling
We present quantitative reconstructions of regional vegetation cover in north‐western Europe, western Europe north of the Alps, and eastern Europe for five time windows in the Holocene [around 6k, 3k, 0.5k, 0.2k, and 0.05k calendar years before present ( bp )] at a 1° × 1° spatial scale with the objective of producing vegetation descriptions suitable for climate modelling. The REVEALS model was applied on 636 pollen records from lakes and bogs to…
Late-glacial and Holocene European pollen data
The European Pollen Database (EPD) is a community effort to archive and make available pollen sequences from across the European continent. Pollen sequences provide records that may be used to infer past vegetation and vegetation change. We present here maps based on 828 sites from the EPD giving an overview of changes in postglacial pollen assemblages in Europe over the past 15,000 years. The maps show the distribution and abundance of 54 differ…
Human-induced changes in fire regime and subsequent alteration of the sandstone landscape of Northern Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Multiproxy palaeoecological evidence from a sandstone region in northern Czech Republic was collected to explore the impact of fire disturbances on the decline of the broadleaved forests during the Late Bronze Age (3250–3050 cal. BP). It has been hypothesized that human-accelerated soil leaching affected the nutrient availability in the sandstone area, thus promoting the expansion of oligotrophic-adapted plant communities in the late-Holocene. Li…
Population and forest dynamics during the Central European Eneolithic (4500–2000 BC)
Relative pollen productivity estimates for vegetation reconstruction in central-eastern Europe inferred at local and regional scales
Understanding pollen-vegetation relationships is crucial for accurate land-cover and climate reconstructions, yet important parameters for quantifying past vegetation abundance are mostly unknown for large parts of Europe harbouring temperate thermophilous ecosystems. We collected pollen and vegetation data in central-eastern Europe, a region covered by patchy cultural landscapes of high biodiversity to estimate relative pollen productivity (RPP)…
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe
Aspects of heritage care and revising knowledge on the Jindřichův Hradec Rondel
Rondel je tradiÄ nÄ povaĹžovĂĄn za vĂ ̋tvarnÄ nejhodnotnÄ jĹĄĂ Ä ĂĄst renesanÄ nĂ pĹ estavby zĂĄmku v JindĹ ichovÄ Hradci. Stavba i jejĂ interiĂŠr prodÄ laly v uplynulĂ ̋ch dvou stoletĂch nÄ kolik promÄ n a zĂĄsadnĂch pamĂĄtkovĂ ̋ch zĂĄsahĹŻ. Na zĂĄkladÄ analĂ ̋zy archivnĂch materiĂĄlĹŻ, spisovĂŠ dokumentace a zjiĹĄtÄ nĂ z probĂhajĂcĂho restaurĂĄtorskĂŠho prĹŻzkumu Ä lĂĄnek postihuje rozsah intervencĂ a interpretuje je v kontextu soudo…
Fenomén renesančního štuku a jeho reflexe v současnosti
Ă vodnĂ pĹ ĂspÄ vek si klade za cĂl Ä tenĂĄĹ e blĂĹže seznĂĄmit s aktuĂĄlnÄ probĂhajĂcĂm vĂ ̋zkumnĂ ̋m projektem RenesanÄ nĂ a manĂ ̋ristickĂŠ ĹĄtukatĂŠrstvĂ v Ä echĂĄch a na MoravÄ , v rĂĄmci kterĂŠho vÄ tĹĄina dĂĄle prezentovanĂ ̋ch statĂ Ä Ăsla vznikla
Mountain aquatic Isoëtes populations reflect millennial-scale environmental changes in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem, Central Europe
In this study we aim to investigate millennial-scale dynamics of Isoëtes, a type of macrophyte well adapted to oligotrophic and clear-water lakes. Despite its wide distribution during the Early Holocene, nowadays Isoëtes is considered as vulnerable or critically endangered in many Central European countries. Using a multi-proxy palaeoecological reconstruction involving Isoëtes micro- and megaspores, pollen, plant macrofossils, macro-charcoal, dia…
De la reconnaissance à la considération. Penser les implications sociales et politiques de l’image « des quartiers »
La question de la reconnaissance sociale est centrale lorsque l’on s’intéresse à l’image « des quartiers » et de leurs habitant·es. À travers les discours et les représentations dominantes sur ces espaces, il se met en place un processus de disqualification et de stigmatisation des habitant·es des quartiers dits prioritaires qui les « empêche d’être pleinement acceptés dans la société » (Goffman, 1975, p. 7). Ce processus, qui se met en place dan…
Well-preserved Norway spruce needle phytoliths in sediments can be a new paleoenvironmental indicator
Analysis of phytoliths (plant silica bodies) still may have an unrevealed potential in paleoenvironmental reconstruction studies. This can provide novel findings in research on environmental change as phytoliths play an important role in the silicon biogeochemical cycle. In favorable environmental conditions, Picea abies [L.] H. Karst (Norway spruce) needles develop a phytolith layer consisting of more or less cubical or cuboid (blocky) phytolith…
New radiocarbon dates point to the early evolution of resilient agriculture among Central Europe’s first farmers
The shift towards cultivating domesticated crops was a pivotal development in ecological, economic, and human behavioural systems. As agriculture expanded beyond its origins, it faced diverse environments, often unsuitable for the originally cultivated domesticates. Farmers in Central Europe had to adjust and transform their farming systems, typically cultivating only five domesticated crop species. Here, we present new archaeobotanical data comp…
Geography (21 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 works) · Physical geography (17 works) · Holocene (15 works) · Biology (14 works) · Ecology (14 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Geology (11 works) · Pollen (11 works) · Paleontology (8 works)