Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean
A 5500 year record from Lago Alimini Piccolo, Apulia, southeast Italy
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 12268200 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Federico Di Rita (0000-0002-3065-8474, Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy, autor correspondente), Donatella Magri (0000-0001-7254-593X, (Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy) |
| Ano | 2009 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 295-306 |
| Data de publicação | 2009-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Editora | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683608100574 |
| OpenAlex | W1996052557 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 54 |
| Referências citadas | 48 |
Pollen analysis from Lago Alimini Piccolo provides the first record of mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history of a coastal area in the easternmost region of southern Italy (Salento Peninsula). Terrestrial pollen taxa document expansions and declines of the Mediterranean forest, in relation to human activity and climate changes. Between 5200 and 4350 cal. BP a dense evergreen oak forest dominated the landscape; then a distinct opening of the forest is recorded (4350—3900 cal. BP). A new forest expansion (3900—2100 cal. BP) is characterized by an increase of Olea and evergreen shrubs, indicating a development of mediterranean climate conditions and increasing human disturbance. The Roman occupation period (2100—1500 cal. BP) shows a significant opening of the forest, expansion of halophytes and modest values of Olea. After 1500 cal. BP human impact causes a further decrease of the natural woodland in favour of an extraordinary expansion of Olea . The vegetation development at Lago Alimini Piccolo, interpreted in the light of other pollen records, provides new insights into climate evolution and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean region: (1) a temporary mid-Holocene deforestation at 4000 cal. BP, involving many Italian sites south of 43°N, was possibly caused by drought associated with an expansion or northward displacement of the North African high pressure zone; (2) the Bronze Age increase of Olea, coupled with a widespread increase of Mediterranean shrubs, suggests management of wild trees, while the beginning of intensive cultivation of olive trees is only found after the Roman time
Archaeology · Biology · Climate change · Deforestation (computer science · Evergreen · Geography · Holocene · Mediterranean climate · Peninsula · Physical geography · Vegetation (pathology · Woodland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Ecology
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