Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. B.P. based on fossil charcoal records

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dc.contributor.authorLi, XQen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSun, Nen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, XYen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhao, KLen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-17T01:16:41Zen_AU
dc.date.available2014-04-17T01:16:41Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2013-01-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2014-04-17en_AU
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding terrestrial vegetation dynamics is a crucial tool in global change research. The Loess Plateau, an important area for the study of Asian monsoons and early agriculture, poses a controversial question on the potential vegetation and its pattern. Fossil charcoal as direct evidence of wood provides precision in species identification and hence vegetation reconstruction. Charcoals from the Dadiwan and Xishanping sites suggest a great variety of plants between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p. in the valley area of the western Loess Plateau. The deciduous broad-leaf wood from Quercus, Ulmus, Betula, Corylus and Acer is very frequent and makes up almost half the total abundance ratio of the represented taxa. Meanwhile, some typical subtropical taxa such as Liquidambar formosana, Eucommia ulmoides, Toxicodendron and Bambusoideae, are present at the two study sites. The high abundance of Picea appearing between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p. suggests the development of Picea forests in the valley of the western Loess Plateau. The assemblages of charcoal indicate that the mixed forest of evergreen deciduous and conifer-deciduous broadleaved trees developed in the valley of the Loess Plateau during the Holocene optimum. Precipitation is the main controlling factor for forest development. The increasing precipitation is the probable reason for the appearance of north-subtropical forests between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p. © 2013, Springer.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationLi, X. Q., Sun, N., Dodson, J., Zhou, X. Y., & Zhao, K. L. (2013). Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. B.P. based on fossil charcoal records. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 22, 61-70. doi:10.1007/s00334-011-0344-9en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc4033en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0939-6314en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleVegetation History and Archaeobotanyen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination61-70en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-011-0344-9en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/5445en_AU
dc.identifier.volume22en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSpringeren_AU
dc.subjectPlantsen_AU
dc.subjectPrecipitationen_AU
dc.subjectFossilsen_AU
dc.subjectCharcoalen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectForestsen_AU
dc.titleVegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. B.P. based on fossil charcoal recordsen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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