Zonal vegetation change in the Chinese Loess Plateau since MIS 3

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dc.contributor.authorZhou, XYen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLi, XQen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorYang, SLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLong, Hen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhao, KLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSun, Nen_AU
dc.contributor.authorYang, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLiu, HBen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-17T02:16:08Zen_AU
dc.date.available2014-07-17T02:16:08Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2014-06-15en_AU
dc.date.statistics2014-07-17en_AU
dc.description.abstractThree pollen records from different regions of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) show that the zonal differentiation of vegetation was not large in late MIS 3 time, all the areas were covered by warm semi-humid grass-shrub land, with some conifer-broad leaf mixed forest in the valleys. It appears that the zonal differentiation of vegetation nearly disappeared in the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), while the semi-arid steppe expanded to the southern margin of the CLP. During the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM), the zonal differentiation became complex, with warm humid forest in the southeastern part and semi-arid steppe in the northern CLP. The zonal degree of vegetation differentiation of the CLP decreased again during the late Holocene as a result of climate change and increasing human influence on the landscape. In recent centuries, the transformation of the grass communities caused by land clearance for agriculture on the loess tablelands has been significant. © 2014, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationZhou, X.Y., Li, X.Q., Dodson, J., Yang, S.L., Long, H., Zhao, K.L., Sun, N., Yang, Q., Liu, H.B., & Zhao, C. (2014). Zonal vegetation change in the chinese loess plateau since mis 3. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 404, 89-96. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.024en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc5662en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0031-0182en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitlePalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecologyen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination89-96en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.024en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/5765en_AU
dc.identifier.volume404en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevier Scienceen_AU
dc.subjectPollenen_AU
dc.subjectPlantsen_AU
dc.subjectValleysen_AU
dc.subjectHumidityen_AU
dc.subjectForestsen_AU
dc.subjectClimatic changeen_AU
dc.titleZonal vegetation change in the Chinese Loess Plateau since MIS 3en_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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