Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1769-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1769-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
21 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 21 Dec 2015
Late Holocene vegetation changes in relation with climate fluctuations and human activity in Languedoc (southern France)
J. Azuara
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
UMR 7194 CNRS, Histoire naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
N. Combourieu-Nebout
UMR 7194 CNRS, Histoire naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
V. Lebreton
UMR 7194 CNRS, Histoire naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
F. Mazier
UMR 5602 CNRS, Géode, Université Toulouse-2 Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
S. D. Müller
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISE-M), Université Montpellier-2, Montpellier, France
L. Dezileau
UMR 5243 CNRS, Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Related authors
No articles found.
Dael Sassoon, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Odile Peyron, Adele Bertini, Francesco Toti, Vincent Lebreton, and Marie-Hélène Moncel
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1771, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1771, 2024
Short summary
Short summary
Comparisons of climatic reconstructions of past interglacials MIS 19, 11, 5 with the current interglacial (MIS 1) based on pollen data from a marine core (Alboran Sea) show that, compared with MIS 1, MIS 19 was colder and highly variable, MIS 11 was longer and more stable, and MIS 5 was warmer. While there is no real equivalent to the current interglacial, past interglacials give insights into the sensitivity of the SW Mediterranean to global climatic changes during conditions similar to MIS 1.
Esther Githumbi, Ralph Fyfe, Marie-Jose Gaillard, Anna-Kari Trondman, Florence Mazier, Anne-Birgitte Nielsen, Anneli Poska, Shinya Sugita, Jessie Woodbridge, Julien Azuara, Angelica Feurdean, Roxana Grindean, Vincent Lebreton, Laurent Marquer, Nathalie Nebout-Combourieu, Miglė Stančikaitė, Ioan Tanţău, Spassimir Tonkov, Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, and LandClimII data contributors
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 1581–1619, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1581-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1581-2022, 2022
Short summary
Short summary
Reconstruction of past land cover is necessary for the study of past climate–land cover interactions and the evaluation of climate models and land-use scenarios. We used 1128 available pollen records from across Europe covering the last 11 700 years in the REVEALS model to calculate percentage cover and associated standard errors for 31 taxa, 12 plant functional types and 3 land-cover types. REVEALS results are reliant on the quality of the input datasets.
Práxedes Muñoz, Lorena Rebolledo, Laurent Dezileau, Antonio Maldonado, Christoph Mayr, Paola Cárdenas, Carina B. Lange, Katherine Lalangui, Gloria Sanchez, Marco Salamanca, Karen Araya, Ignacio Jara, Gabriel Easton, and Marcel Ramos
Biogeosciences, 17, 5763–5785, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5763-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5763-2020, 2020
Short summary
Short summary
We analyze marine sedimentary records to study temporal changes in oxygen and productivity in marine waters of central Chile. We observed increasing oxygenation and decreasing productivity from 6000 kyr ago to the modern era that seem to respond to El Niño–Southern Oscillation activity. In the past centuries, deoxygenation and higher productivity are re-established, mainly in the northern zones of Chile and Peru. Meanwhile, in north-central Chile the deoxygenation trend is maintained.
Basil A. S. Davis, Manuel Chevalier, Philipp Sommer, Vachel A. Carter, Walter Finsinger, Achille Mauri, Leanne N. Phelps, Marco Zanon, Roman Abegglen, Christine M. Åkesson, Francisca Alba-Sánchez, R. Scott Anderson, Tatiana G. Antipina, Juliana R. Atanassova, Ruth Beer, Nina I. Belyanina, Tatiana A. Blyakharchuk, Olga K. Borisova, Elissaveta Bozilova, Galina Bukreeva, M. Jane Bunting, Eleonora Clò, Daniele Colombaroli, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Stéphanie Desprat, Federico Di Rita, Morteza Djamali, Kevin J. Edwards, Patricia L. Fall, Angelica Feurdean, William Fletcher, Assunta Florenzano, Giulia Furlanetto, Emna Gaceur, Arsenii T. Galimov, Mariusz Gałka, Iria García-Moreiras, Thomas Giesecke, Roxana Grindean, Maria A. Guido, Irina G. Gvozdeva, Ulrike Herzschuh, Kari L. Hjelle, Sergey Ivanov, Susanne Jahns, Vlasta Jankovska, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Monika Karpińska-Kołaczek, Ikuko Kitaba, Piotr Kołaczek, Elena G. Lapteva, Małgorzata Latałowa, Vincent Lebreton, Suzanne Leroy, Michelle Leydet, Darya A. Lopatina, José Antonio López-Sáez, André F. Lotter, Donatella Magri, Elena Marinova, Isabelle Matthias, Anastasia Mavridou, Anna Maria Mercuri, Jose Manuel Mesa-Fernández, Yuri A. Mikishin, Krystyna Milecka, Carlo Montanari, César Morales-Molino, Almut Mrotzek, Castor Muñoz Sobrino, Olga D. Naidina, Takeshi Nakagawa, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Elena Y. Novenko, Sampson Panajiotidis, Nata K. Panova, Maria Papadopoulou, Heather S. Pardoe, Anna Pędziszewska, Tatiana I. Petrenko, María J. Ramos-Román, Cesare Ravazzi, Manfred Rösch, Natalia Ryabogina, Silvia Sabariego Ruiz, J. Sakari Salonen, Tatyana V. Sapelko, James E. Schofield, Heikki Seppä, Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, Normunds Stivrins, Philipp Stojakowits, Helena Svobodova Svitavska, Joanna Święta-Musznicka, Ioan Tantau, Willy Tinner, Kazimierz Tobolski, Spassimir Tonkov, Margarita Tsakiridou, Verushka Valsecchi, Oksana G. Zanina, and Marcelina Zimny
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 2423–2445, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2423-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2423-2020, 2020
Short summary
Short summary
The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) contains pollen counts and associated metadata for 8134 modern pollen samples from across the Eurasian region. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives. The purpose of the EMPD is to provide calibration datasets and other data to support palaeoecological research on past climates and vegetation cover over the Quaternary period.
Bassem Jalali, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Julien Azuara, Violaine Pellichero, and Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Clim. Past, 15, 701–711, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-701-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-701-2019, 2019
Thouraya Benmoussa, Oula Amrouni, Laurent Dezileau, Gil Mahé, and Saâdi Abdeljaouad
Proc. IAHS, 377, 77–81, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-377-77-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-377-77-2018, 2018
María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi, Stéphanie Desprat, Anne-Laure Daniau, Frank C. Bassinot, Josué M. Polanco-Martínez, Sandy P. Harrison, Judy R. M. Allen, R. Scott Anderson, Hermann Behling, Raymonde Bonnefille, Francesc Burjachs, José S. Carrión, Rachid Cheddadi, James S. Clark, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Colin. J. Courtney Mustaphi, Georg H. Debusk, Lydie M. Dupont, Jemma M. Finch, William J. Fletcher, Marco Giardini, Catalina González, William D. Gosling, Laurie D. Grigg, Eric C. Grimm, Ryoma Hayashi, Karin Helmens, Linda E. Heusser, Trevor Hill, Geoffrey Hope, Brian Huntley, Yaeko Igarashi, Tomohisa Irino, Bonnie Jacobs, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Sayuri Kawai, A. Peter Kershaw, Fujio Kumon, Ian T. Lawson, Marie-Pierre Ledru, Anne-Marie Lézine, Ping Mei Liew, Donatella Magri, Robert Marchant, Vasiliki Margari, Francis E. Mayle, G. Merna McKenzie, Patrick Moss, Stefanie Müller, Ulrich C. Müller, Filipa Naughton, Rewi M. Newnham, Tadamichi Oba, Ramón Pérez-Obiol, Roberta Pini, Cesare Ravazzi, Katy H. Roucoux, Stephen M. Rucina, Louis Scott, Hikaru Takahara, Polichronis C. Tzedakis, Dunia H. Urrego, Bas van Geel, B. Guido Valencia, Marcus J. Vandergoes, Annie Vincens, Cathy L. Whitlock, Debra A. Willard, and Masanobu Yamamoto
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 679–695, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
The ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database includes 93 pollen records from the last glacial period (73–15 ka) plotted against a common chronology; 32 also provide charcoal records. The database allows for the reconstruction of the regional expression, vegetation and fire of past abrupt climate changes that are comparable to those expected in the 21st century. This work is a major contribution to understanding the processes behind rapid climate change.
Aida Affouri, Laurent Dezileau, and Nejib Kallel
Clim. Past, 13, 711–727, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-711-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-711-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
The past flood activity was investigated using a sedimentological and geochemical analysis of surfaces sediments from a southeastern Tunisian catchment in order to trace the origin of sediments deposit in the El Bibane Lagoon. Aeolian, fluvial and marine source. This multi-proxy analysis on the BL12-10 core shows that finer material, a high content of clay and silt, and a high content of the elemental ratios Fe / Ca and Ti / Ca characterise the sedimentological signature of palaeo-flood levels.
Bernd Wagner, Thomas Wilke, Alexander Francke, Christian Albrecht, Henrike Baumgarten, Adele Bertini, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Aleksandra Cvetkoska, Michele D'Addabbo, Timme H. Donders, Kirstin Föller, Biagio Giaccio, Andon Grazhdani, Torsten Hauffe, Jens Holtvoeth, Sebastien Joannin, Elena Jovanovska, Janna Just, Katerina Kouli, Andreas Koutsodendris, Sebastian Krastel, Jack H. Lacey, Niklas Leicher, Melanie J. Leng, Zlatko Levkov, Katja Lindhorst, Alessia Masi, Anna M. Mercuri, Sebastien Nomade, Norbert Nowaczyk, Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos, Odile Peyron, Jane M. Reed, Eleonora Regattieri, Laura Sadori, Leonardo Sagnotti, Björn Stelbrink, Roberto Sulpizio, Slavica Tofilovska, Paola Torri, Hendrik Vogel, Thomas Wagner, Friederike Wagner-Cremer, George A. Wolff, Thomas Wonik, Giovanni Zanchetta, and Xiaosen S. Zhang
Biogeosciences, 14, 2033–2054, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2033-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2033-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
Lake Ohrid is considered to be the oldest existing lake in Europe. Moreover, it has a very high degree of endemic biodiversity. During a drilling campaign at Lake Ohrid in 2013, a 569 m long sediment sequence was recovered from Lake Ohrid. The ongoing studies of this record provide first important information on the environmental and evolutionary history of the lake and the reasons for its high endimic biodiversity.
Odile Peyron, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, David Brayshaw, Simon Goring, Valérie Andrieu-Ponel, Stéphanie Desprat, Will Fletcher, Belinda Gambin, Chryssanthi Ioakim, Sébastien Joannin, Ulrich Kotthoff, Katerina Kouli, Vincent Montade, Jörg Pross, Laura Sadori, and Michel Magny
Clim. Past, 13, 249–265, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-249-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-249-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
This study aims to reconstruct the climate evolution of the Mediterranean region during the Holocene from pollen data and model outputs. The model- and pollen-inferred precipitation estimates show overall agreement: the eastern Medit. experienced wetter-than-present summer conditions during the early–late Holocene. This regional climate model highlights how the patchy nature of climate signals and data in the Medit. may lead to stronger local signals than the large-scale pattern suggests.
Laurent Dezileau, Angel Pérez-Ruzafa, Philippe Blanchemanche, Jean-Philippe Degeai, Otmane Raji, Philippe Martinez, Concepcion Marcos, and Ulrich Von Grafenstein
Clim. Past, 12, 1389–1400, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1389-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1389-2016, 2016
Short summary
Short summary
Amongst the most devastating marine catastrophes that can occur in coastal areas are storms and tsunamis, which may seriously endanger human society. In a sediment core from the Mar Menor (SE Spain), we discovered eight coarse-grained layers which document marine incursions during periods of intense storm activity or tsunami events. These periods of surge events seem to coincide with the coldest periods in Europe during the late Holocene, suggesting a control by a climatic mechanism.
Sahbi Jaouadi, Vincent Lebreton, Viviane Bout-Roumazeilles, Giuseppe Siani, Rached Lakhdar, Ridha Boussoffara, Laurent Dezileau, Nejib Kallel, Beya Mannai-Tayech, and Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Clim. Past, 12, 1339–1359, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1339-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1339-2016, 2016
Laura Sadori, Andreas Koutsodendris, Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos, Alessia Masi, Adele Bertini, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Alexander Francke, Katerina Kouli, Sébastien Joannin, Anna Maria Mercuri, Odile Peyron, Paola Torri, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Gaia Sinopoli, and Timme H. Donders
Biogeosciences, 13, 1423–1437, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1423-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1423-2016, 2016
Short summary
Short summary
Lake Ohrid (FYROM/Albania) is the deepest, largest and oldest lake in Europe. To understand the climatic and environmental evolution of its area, a palynological study was undertaken for the last 500 ka. We found a correspondence between forested/non-forested periods and glacial-interglacial cycles of marine isotope stratigraphy. Our record shows a progressive change from cooler and wetter to warmer and dryer interglacial conditions. This shift is also visible in glacial vegetation.
O. Raji, L. Dezileau, U. Von Grafenstein, S. Niazi, M. Snoussi, and P. Martinez
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 203–211, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-203-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-203-2015, 2015
P. Bragée, F. Mazier, A. B. Nielsen, P. Rosén, D. Fredh, A. Broström, W. Granéli, and D. Hammarlund
Biogeosciences, 12, 307–322, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-307-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-307-2015, 2015
G. Strandberg, E. Kjellström, A. Poska, S. Wagner, M.-J. Gaillard, A.-K. Trondman, A. Mauri, B. A. S. Davis, J. O. Kaplan, H. J. B. Birks, A. E. Bjune, R. Fyfe, T. Giesecke, L. Kalnina, M. Kangur, W. O. van der Knaap, U. Kokfelt, P. Kuneš, M. Lata\l owa, L. Marquer, F. Mazier, A. B. Nielsen, B. Smith, H. Seppä, and S. Sugita
Clim. Past, 10, 661–680, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-661-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-661-2014, 2014
M. Magny, N. Combourieu-Nebout, J. L. de Beaulieu, V. Bout-Roumazeilles, D. Colombaroli, S. Desprat, A. Francke, S. Joannin, E. Ortu, O. Peyron, M. Revel, L. Sadori, G. Siani, M. A. Sicre, S. Samartin, A. Simonneau, W. Tinner, B. Vannière, B. Wagner, G. Zanchetta, F. Anselmetti, E. Brugiapaglia, E. Chapron, M. Debret, M. Desmet, J. Didier, L. Essallami, D. Galop, A. Gilli, J. N. Haas, N. Kallel, L. Millet, A. Stock, J. L. Turon, and S. Wirth
Clim. Past, 9, 2043–2071, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2043-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2043-2013, 2013
N. Combourieu-Nebout, O. Peyron, V. Bout-Roumazeilles, S. Goring, I. Dormoy, S. Joannin, L. Sadori, G. Siani, and M. Magny
Clim. Past, 9, 2023–2042, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2023-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2023-2013, 2013
O. Peyron, M. Magny, S. Goring, S. Joannin, J.-L. de Beaulieu, E. Brugiapaglia, L. Sadori, G. Garfi, K. Kouli, C. Ioakim, and N. Combourieu-Nebout
Clim. Past, 9, 1233–1252, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1233-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1233-2013, 2013
V. Bout-Roumazeilles, N. Combourieu-Nebout, S. Desprat, G. Siani, J.-L. Turon, and L. Essallami
Clim. Past, 9, 1065–1087, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1065-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1065-2013, 2013
D. Fredh, A. Broström, M. Rundgren, P. Lagerås, F. Mazier, and L. Zillén
Biogeosciences, 10, 3159–3173, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3159-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3159-2013, 2013
S. Desprat, N. Combourieu-Nebout, L. Essallami, M. A. Sicre, I. Dormoy, O. Peyron, G. Siani, V. Bout Roumazeilles, and J. L. Turon
Clim. Past, 9, 767–787, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-767-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-767-2013, 2013
R. Orain, V. Lebreton, E. Russo Ermolli, A.-M. Sémah, S. Nomade, Q. Shao, J.-J. Bahain, U. Thun Hohenstein, and C. Peretto
Clim. Past, 9, 687–697, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-687-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-687-2013, 2013
M.-N. Woillez, M. Kageyama, N. Combourieu-Nebout, and G. Krinner
Biogeosciences, 10, 1561–1582, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1561-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1561-2013, 2013
Related subject area
Subject: Vegetation Dynamics | Archive: Terrestrial Archives | Timescale: Holocene
Refining data–data and data–model vegetation comparisons using the Earth mover's distance (EMD)
Palynological evidence reveals an arid early Holocene for the northeast Tibetan Plateau
Holocene wildfire regimes in western Siberia: interaction between peatland moisture conditions and the composition of plant functional types
2400 years of climate and human-induced environmental change recorded in sediments of Lake Młynek in northern Poland
Climate impacts on vegetation and fire dynamics since the last deglaciation at Moossee (Switzerland)
The 4.2 ka event in the vegetation record of the central Mediterranean
Vegetation and geochemical responses to Holocene rapid climate change in the Sierra Nevada (southeastern Iberia): the Laguna Hondera record
Response of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica to water change and drought history reconstruction in the past 260 years, northeast China
Vegetation history and paleoclimate at Lake Dojran (FYROM/Greece) during the Late Glacial and Holocene
Holocene climate aridification trend and human impact interrupted by millennial- and centennial-scale climate fluctuations from a new sedimentary record from Padul (Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula)
Dendrochronologically dated pine stumps document phase-wise bog expansion at a northwest German site between ca. 6700 and ca. 3400 BC
Autumn–winter minimum temperature changes in the southern Sikhote-Alin mountain range of northeastern Asia since 1529 AD
Postglacial fire history and interactions with vegetation and climate in southwestern Yunnan Province of China
Precipitation changes in the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene from terrestrial and marine pollen records: a model–data comparison
Environmental changes, climate and anthropogenic impact in south-east Tunisia during the last 8 kyr
Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records
Holocene Asian monsoon evolution revealed by a pollen record from an alpine lake on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China
7300 years of vegetation history and climate for NW Malta: a Holocene perspective
Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the Holocene
Effects of past climate variability on fire and vegetation in the cerrãdo savanna of the Huanchaca Mesetta, NE Bolivia
Environmental and climatic changes in central Chilean Patagonia since the Late Glacial (Mallín El Embudo, 44° S)
Quantitative reconstruction of precipitation changes on the NE Tibetan Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum – extending the concept of pollen source area to pollen-based climate reconstructions from large lakes
The last 7 millennia of vegetation and climate changes at Lago di Pergusa (central Sicily, Italy)
Contrasting patterns of climatic changes during the Holocene across the Italian Peninsula reconstructed from pollen data
Climate and vegetation changes during the Lateglacial and early–middle Holocene at Lake Ledro (southern Alps, Italy)
The Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age in the eastern Ecuadorian Andes
Palynological evidence for gradual vegetation and climate changes during the African Humid Period termination at 13°N from a Mega-Lake Chad sedimentary sequence
Climate, people, fire and vegetation: new insights into vegetation dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean since the 1st century AD
Pollen-based reconstruction of Holocene vegetation and climate in southern Italy: the case of Lago Trifoglietti
Vegetation history of central Chukotka deduced from permafrost paleoenvironmental records of the El'gygytgyn Impact Crater
A seesaw in Mediterranean precipitation during the Roman Period linked to millennial-scale changes in the North Atlantic
Hydroclimate variability in the low-elevation Atacama Desert over the last 2500 yr
Pollen, vegetation change and climate at Lake Barombi Mbo (Cameroon) during the last ca. 33 000 cal yr BP: a numerical approach
Late Holocene plant and climate evolution at Lake Yoa, northern Chad: pollen data and climate simulations
Holocene vegetation and biomass changes on the Tibetan Plateau – a model-pollen data comparison
Vegetation response to the "African Humid Period" termination in Central Cameroon (7° N) – new pollen insight from Lake Mbalang
Putting the rise of the Inca Empire within a climatic and land management context
Manuel Chevalier, Anne Dallmeyer, Nils Weitzel, Chenzhi Li, Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Ulrike Herzschuh, Xianyong Cao, and Andreas Hense
Clim. Past, 19, 1043–1060, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1043-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1043-2023, 2023
Short summary
Short summary
Data–data and data–model vegetation comparisons are commonly based on comparing single vegetation estimates. While this approach generates good results on average, reducing pollen assemblages to single single plant functional type (PFT) or biome estimates can oversimplify the vegetation signal. We propose using a multivariate metric, the Earth mover's distance (EMD), to include more details about the vegetation structure when performing such comparisons.
Nannan Wang, Lina Liu, Xiaohuan Hou, Yanrong Zhang, Haicheng Wei, and Xianyong Cao
Clim. Past, 18, 2381–2399, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2381-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2381-2022, 2022
Short summary
Short summary
We reconstructed the vegetation and climate change since the last 14.2 ka BP from a fossil pollen record together with multiple proxies (grain size, contents of total organic carbon and total nitrogen) on the northeast Tibetan Plateau. The results reveal that an arid climate occurs in the early Holocene and the vegetation could be disturbed by human activities to some extent after ca. 0.24 ka BP (1710 CE).
Angelica Feurdean, Andrei-Cosmin Diaconu, Mirjam Pfeiffer, Mariusz Gałka, Simon M. Hutchinson, Geanina Butiseaca, Natalia Gorina, Spassimir Tonkov, Aidin Niamir, Ioan Tantau, Hui Zhang, and Sergey Kirpotin
Clim. Past, 18, 1255–1274, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1255-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1255-2022, 2022
Short summary
Short summary
We used palaeoecological records from peatlands in southern Siberia. We showed that warmer climate conditions have lowered the water level and increased the fuel amount and flammability, consequently also increasing the frequency and severity of fires as well as the composition of tree types.
Fabian Welc, Jerzy Nitychoruk, Leszek Marks, Krzysztof Bińka, Anna Rogóż-Matyszczak, Milena Obremska, and Abdelfattah Zalat
Clim. Past, 17, 1181–1198, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1181-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1181-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
Młynek Lake, located near the village of Janiki Wielkie (in the Warmia and Masuria region of north-east Poland) has been selected for multi-faceted palaeoenvironmental research based on a precise radiocarbon scale. Bottom sediments of this reservoir also contain unique information about anthropogenic activity and climate changes during last 2400 years.
Fabian Rey, Erika Gobet, Christoph Schwörer, Albert Hafner, Sönke Szidat, and Willy Tinner
Clim. Past, 16, 1347–1367, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1347-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1347-2020, 2020
Short summary
Short summary
We present a novel post Last Glacial Maximum sediment record from Moossee (Swiss Plateau, southern central Europe). For the first time, five major reorganizations of vegetation could be definitely linked to paramount postglacial temperature and/or moisture changes. Present-day beech-dominated forests have been resilient to long-term climate change and human land use. They may prevail in future if climate warming does not exceed the amplitude of Mid Holocene temperature and moisture variability.
Federico Di Rita and Donatella Magri
Clim. Past, 15, 237–251, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-237-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-237-2019, 2019
Jose M. Mesa-Fernández, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Marta Rodrigo-Gámiz, Antonio García-Alix, Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, Francisca Martínez-Ruiz, R. Scott Anderson, Jon Camuera, and María J. Ramos-Román
Clim. Past, 14, 1687–1706, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1687-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1687-2018, 2018
Liangjun Zhu, Qichao Yao, David J. Cooper, Shijie Han, and Xiaochun Wang
Clim. Past, 14, 1213–1228, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1213-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1213-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
This paper presents a 260-year tree-ring-based PDSI reconstruction for the central Daxing'an Mountains, northeast China. A warm–wet pattern was identified for the Daxing'an Mountains in recent decades, while a warm–dry pattern was found for the Mongolian Plateau. Overall, the dry/wet variability of the Daxing'an Mountains and its relationship with the surrounding areas might be driven by Pacific and Atlantic Ocean oscillations.
Alessia Masi, Alexander Francke, Caterina Pepe, Matthias Thienemann, Bernd Wagner, and Laura Sadori
Clim. Past, 14, 351–367, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-351-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-351-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
The first high-resolution Lake Dojran pollen record for the last 12 500 years is presented. The ecological succession shows Late Glacial steppe vegetation gradually replaced, since 11 500 yr BP, by Holocene mesophilous forests. The first human traces are recorded around 5000 yr BP and increased considerably since the Bronze Age. Pollen data and sedimentological, biomarker and diatom data available from the same core contribute to an understanding of the environmental history of the Balkans.
María J. Ramos-Román, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Jon Camuera, Antonio García-Alix, R. Scott Anderson, Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, and José S. Carrión
Clim. Past, 14, 117–137, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-117-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-117-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
In this study we carried out a multiproxy high-resolution analysis on a sediment record from the Padul Basin in the Sierra Nevada (southern Iberian Peninsula). Padul is a classical and very unique site from the Mediterranean area as it contains a very long and continuous Quaternary sedimentary record. However, the uppermost part of the record was never recovered. In this study we focus on the last 4700 cal yr BP of Holocene climate variability and human activity in the Mediterranean area.
Inke Elisabeth Maike Achterberg, Jan Eckstein, Bernhard Birkholz, Andreas Bauerochse, and Hanns Hubert Leuschner
Clim. Past, 14, 85–100, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-85-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-85-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
At a bog site at Totes Moor in northwest Germany a layer of pine tree stumps at the fen–bog transition was exposed by peat mining. The lateral expansion of ombrotrophic bog between 6703 BC and 3403 BC was reconstructed using the locations and dendrochronological dates of the tree stumps. The spatial pattern relates to the elevation a.s.l. of the mineral base beneath the peat. The temporal distribution of bog expansion pulses relates to climatic variation.
Olga N. Ukhvatkina, Alexander M. Omelko, Alexander A. Zhmerenetsky, and Tatyana Y. Petrenko
Clim. Past, 14, 57–71, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-57-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-57-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
We reconstructed the minimum temperature for 505 years and found cold and warm periods, which correlate with reconstructed data for the Northern Hemisphere and neighboring territories. Our reconstructions are reflected in the fluctuations in ENSO, the short-term solar cycle, PDO, and the de Vries 200-year solar activity cycle. This is the first temperature reconstruction for this region and it is important for studying the climatic processes in the study region and in all of northeastern Asia.
Xiayun Xiao, Simon G. Haberle, Ji Shen, Bin Xue, Mark Burrows, and Sumin Wang
Clim. Past, 13, 613–627, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-613-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-613-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
Knowledge of the past fire activity is a key for making sustainable management policies for forest ecosystems. A high-resolution macroscopic charcoal record from southwestern China reveals the postglacial fire history. Combined with the regional climate records and vegetation histories, it is concluded that fire was mainly controlled by climate before 4.3 ka and by combined action of climate and humans after 4.3 ka, and the relationship between fire activity and vegetation were also examined.
Odile Peyron, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, David Brayshaw, Simon Goring, Valérie Andrieu-Ponel, Stéphanie Desprat, Will Fletcher, Belinda Gambin, Chryssanthi Ioakim, Sébastien Joannin, Ulrich Kotthoff, Katerina Kouli, Vincent Montade, Jörg Pross, Laura Sadori, and Michel Magny
Clim. Past, 13, 249–265, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-249-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-249-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
This study aims to reconstruct the climate evolution of the Mediterranean region during the Holocene from pollen data and model outputs. The model- and pollen-inferred precipitation estimates show overall agreement: the eastern Medit. experienced wetter-than-present summer conditions during the early–late Holocene. This regional climate model highlights how the patchy nature of climate signals and data in the Medit. may lead to stronger local signals than the large-scale pattern suggests.
Sahbi Jaouadi, Vincent Lebreton, Viviane Bout-Roumazeilles, Giuseppe Siani, Rached Lakhdar, Ridha Boussoffara, Laurent Dezileau, Nejib Kallel, Beya Mannai-Tayech, and Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Clim. Past, 12, 1339–1359, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1339-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1339-2016, 2016
S. G. A. Flantua, H. Hooghiemstra, M. Vuille, H. Behling, J. F. Carson, W. D. Gosling, I. Hoyos, M. P. Ledru, E. Montoya, F. Mayle, A. Maldonado, V. Rull, M. S. Tonello, B. S. Whitney, and C. González-Arango
Clim. Past, 12, 483–523, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-483-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-483-2016, 2016
Short summary
Short summary
This paper serves as a guide to high-quality pollen records in South America that capture environmental variability during the last 2 millennia. We identify the pollen records suitable for climate modelling and discuss their sensitivity to the spatial signature of climate modes. Furthermore, evidence for human land use in pollen records is useful for archaeological hypothesis testing and important in distinguishing natural from anthropogenically driven vegetation change.
Enlou Zhang, Yongbo Wang, Weiwei Sun, and Ji Shen
Clim. Past, 12, 415–427, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-415-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-415-2016, 2016
B. Gambin, V. Andrieu-Ponel, F. Médail, N. Marriner, O. Peyron, V. Montade, T. Gambin, C. Morhange, D. Belkacem, and M. Djamali
Clim. Past, 12, 273–297, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-273-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-273-2016, 2016
Short summary
Short summary
Based on the study of ancient microfossils, such as pollen and spores, this paper explores climate change in a Mediterranean island context. Using a multi-disciplinary approach this original research corroborates existing archaeological and historical data. It also uses comparative data from elsewhere in the central Mediterranean to ensure that the current research is placed within the appropriate geographic context.
A. V. Gallego-Sala, D. J. Charman, S. P. Harrison, G. Li, and I. C. Prentice
Clim. Past, 12, 129–136, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-129-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-129-2016, 2016
Short summary
Short summary
It has become a well-established paradigm that blanket bog landscapes in the British Isles are a result of forest clearance by early human populations. We provide a novel test of this hypothesis using results from bioclimatic modelling driven by cimate reconstructions compared with a database of peat initiation dates. Both results show similar patterns of peat initiation over time and space. This suggests that climate was the main driver of blanket bog inception and not human disturbance.
S. Y. Maezumi, M. J. Power, F. E. Mayle, K. K. McLauchlan, and J. Iriarte
Clim. Past, 11, 835–853, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-835-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-835-2015, 2015
Short summary
Short summary
A 14,500-year, high-resolution, sedimentary record from Huanchaca Mesetta, a palm swamp located in the cerrãdo savanna in northeastern Bolivia, was analyzed for phytoliths, stable isotopes and charcoal. A non-analogue, cold-adapted vegetation community dominated the Late Glacial-Early Holocene period (14.5-9ka), which included trees and C3 Pooideae and C4 Panicoideae grasses. The Late Glacial vegetation was fire sensitive and fire activity during this period was low, likely responding to fuel av
M. E. de Porras, A. Maldonado, F. A. Quintana, A. Martel-Cea, O. Reyes, and C. Méndez
Clim. Past, 10, 1063–1078, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1063-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1063-2014, 2014
Y. Wang, U. Herzschuh, L. S. Shumilovskikh, S. Mischke, H. J. B. Birks, J. Wischnewski, J. Böhner, F. Schlütz, F. Lehmkuhl, B. Diekmann, B. Wünnemann, and C. Zhang
Clim. Past, 10, 21–39, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-21-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-21-2014, 2014
L. Sadori, E. Ortu, O. Peyron, G. Zanchetta, B. Vannière, M. Desmet, and M. Magny
Clim. Past, 9, 1969–1984, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1969-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1969-2013, 2013
O. Peyron, M. Magny, S. Goring, S. Joannin, J.-L. de Beaulieu, E. Brugiapaglia, L. Sadori, G. Garfi, K. Kouli, C. Ioakim, and N. Combourieu-Nebout
Clim. Past, 9, 1233–1252, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1233-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1233-2013, 2013
S. Joannin, B. Vannière, D. Galop, O. Peyron, J. N. Haas, A. Gilli, E. Chapron, S. B. Wirth, F. Anselmetti, M. Desmet, and M. Magny
Clim. Past, 9, 913–933, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-913-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-913-2013, 2013
M.-P. Ledru, V. Jomelli, P. Samaniego, M. Vuille, S. Hidalgo, M. Herrera, and C. Ceron
Clim. Past, 9, 307–321, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-307-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-307-2013, 2013
P. G. C. Amaral, A. Vincens, J. Guiot, G. Buchet, P. Deschamps, J.-C. Doumnang, and F. Sylvestre
Clim. Past, 9, 223–241, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-223-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-223-2013, 2013
J. Bakker, E. Paulissen, D. Kaniewski, J. Poblome, V. De Laet, G. Verstraeten, and M. Waelkens
Clim. Past, 9, 57–87, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-57-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-57-2013, 2013
S. Joannin, E. Brugiapaglia, J.-L. de Beaulieu, L. Bernardo, M. Magny, O. Peyron, S. Goring, and B. Vannière
Clim. Past, 8, 1973–1996, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1973-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1973-2012, 2012
A. A. Andreev, E. Morozova, G. Fedorov, L. Schirrmeister, A. A. Bobrov, F. Kienast, and G. Schwamborn
Clim. Past, 8, 1287–1300, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1287-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1287-2012, 2012
B. J. Dermody, H. J. de Boer, M. F. P. Bierkens, S. L. Weber, M. J. Wassen, and S. C. Dekker
Clim. Past, 8, 637–651, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-637-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-637-2012, 2012
E. M. Gayo, C. Latorre, C. M. Santoro, A. Maldonado, and R. De Pol-Holz
Clim. Past, 8, 287–306, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-287-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-287-2012, 2012
J. Lebamba, A. Vincens, and J. Maley
Clim. Past, 8, 59–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-59-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-59-2012, 2012
A.-M. Lézine, W. Zheng, P. Braconnot, and G. Krinner
Clim. Past, 7, 1351–1362, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-1351-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-1351-2011, 2011
A. Dallmeyer, M. Claussen, U. Herzschuh, and N. Fischer
Clim. Past, 7, 881–901, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-881-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-881-2011, 2011
A. Vincens, G. Buchet, M. Servant, and ECOFIT Mbalang collaborators
Clim. Past, 6, 281–294, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-6-281-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-6-281-2010, 2010
A. J. Chepstow-Lusty, M. R. Frogley, B. S. Bauer, M. J. Leng, K. P. Boessenkool, C. Carcaillet, A. A. Ali, and A. Gioda
Clim. Past, 5, 375–388, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-375-2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-375-2009, 2009
Cited articles
Ali, A. A., Roiron, P., Chabal, L., Ambert, P., Gasco, J., André, J., and Terral, J.-F.: Holocene hydrological and vegetation changes in southern France inferred by the study of an alluvial travertine system (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault), C. R. Geosci., 340, 356–366, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2008.02.001, 2008.
Alo\"isi, J.-C., Monaco, A., Planchais, N., Thommeret, J., and Thommeret, Y.: The Holocene transgression in the Golfe du Lion, southwestern France: paleogeographic and paleobotanical evolution, Geogr. Phys. Quatern., 32, 145–162, 1978.
Alonso, N., Buxó, R., and Rovira, N.: Recherches sur l'alimentation végétale et l'agriculture du site de Lattes-Port Ariane: étude des semences et fruits, Lattara, 20, 219–249, 2007.
Alonso, N., Buxó, R., and Rovira, N.: Archéobotanique des semences et des fruits de Lattara: bilan des recherches, La ville portuaire de Lattara (Lattes, Hérault) et son territoire: nouveaux acquis, nouvelles questions, Gallia, 65, 1–8, 2008.
Bacilieri, R., Bouchet, M. A., Bran, D., Grandjanny, M., Maistre, M., Perret, P., and Romane, F.: Germination and regeneration mechanisms in Mediterranean degenerate forests, J. Veg. Sci., 4, 241–246, 1993.
Barbero, M., Loisel, R., and Quézel, P.: Perturbations et incendies en région méditerranéenne française, in: Homenaje a Pedro Montserrat, Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 409–420, 1988.
Barbero, M., Bonin, G., Loisel, R., and Quézel, P.: Changes and disturbances of forest ecosystems caused by human activities in the western part of the Mediterranean basin, Plant Ecol., 87, 151–173, 1990.
Bennett, K. D.: PSIMPOLL: a quickBASIC program that generates PostScript page description files of pollen diagrams, INQUA Commission for the study of the Holocene: working group on data handling methods newsletter, 8, 11–12, 1992.
Berglund, B. and Ralska-Jasiewiczowa, M.: Pollen analysis and pollen diagrams, Handbook of Holocene palaeoecology and palaeohydrology, Vol. 455, p. 484, 1986.
Beug, H. J.: Leitfaden der Pollenbestimmung für Mitteleuropa und angrenzende Gebiete, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeif, München, 542 pp., 2004.
Blaauw, M.: Methods and code for "classical" age-modelling of radiocarbon sequences, Quaternary Geochronol., 5, 512–518, 2010.
Bond, G., Kromer, B., Beer, J., Muscheler, R., Evans, M. N., Showers, W., Hoffmann, S., Lotti-Bond, R., Hajdas, I., and Bonani, G.: Persistent solar influence on North Atlantic climate during the Holocene, Science, 294, 2130–2136, 2001.
Bran, D., Lobreaux, O., Maistre, M., Perret, P., and Romane, F.: Germination of Quercus ilex and Q. pubescens in a Q. ilex coppice, Vegetatio, 87, 45–50, 1990.
Britton, C., Chabal, L., Pagès, G., and Schneider, L.: Approche interdisciplinaire d'un bois méditerranéen entre la fin de l'antiquité et la fin du Moyen Âge, Saugras et Aniane, Valène et Montpellier, Médiévales, Langues, Textes, Histoire, 53, 65–80, 2007.
Broström, A., Nielsen, A. B., Gaillard, M.-J., Hjelle, K., Mazier, F., Binney, H., Bunting, J., Fyfe, R., Meltsov, V., and Poska, A.: Pollen productivity estimates of key European plant taxa for quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation: a review, Veg. Hist. Archaeobot., 17, 461–478, 2008.
Cacho, I., Grimalt, J. O., Canals, M., Sbaffi, L., Shackleton, N. J., Schönfeld, J., and Zahn, R.: Variability of the western Mediterranean Sea surface temperature during the last 25,000 years and its connection with the Northern Hemisphere climatic changes, Paleoceanography, 16, 40–52, 2001.
Carrión, J. S.: Patterns and processes of Late Quaternary environmental change in a montane region of southwestern Europe, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 21, 2047–2066, 2002.
Carrión, J. S., Sánchez-Gómez, P., Mota, J. F., Yll, R., and Chaín, C.: Holocene vegetation dynamics, fire and grazing in the Sierra de Gádor, southern Spain, Holocene, 13, 839–849, 2003.
Cavero, J. and Chabal, L.: Paléogéographie, dynamique forestière et peuplement d'un milieu lagunaire. L'étang de l'Or (Hérault) àla fin de la Préhistoire, Quaternaire, Revue de l'Association française pour l'étude du Quaternaire, 21, 13–26, 2010.
Chabal, L.: Étude anthracologique de Lattes Port Ariane: forêts littorales en Bas Languedoc depuis le Néolithique moyen, edited by: Daveau, I., Port Ariane (Lattes, Hérault), construction delta\"ique et utilisation d'une zone humide lors des six derniers millénaires, Lattara, 20, 183–198, 2007.
Chabal, L. and Terral, J.-F.: Le bois de vigne de Port Ariane: étude de racines de vigne alto-médiévales, Lattara, 20, 1–7, 2007.
Combourieu-Nebout, N., Peyron, O., Dormoy, I., Desprat, S., Beaudouin, C., Kotthoff, U., and Marret, F.: Rapid climatic variability in the west Mediterranean during the last 25 000 years from high resolution pollen data, Clim. Past, 5, 503–521, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-503-2009, 2009.
Combourieu-Nebout, N., Peyron, O., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Goring, S., Dormoy, I., Joannin, S., Sadori, L., Siani, G., and Magny, M.: Holocene vegetation and climate changes in the central Mediterranean inferred from a high-resolution marine pollen record (Adriatic Sea), Clim. Past, 9, 2023–2042, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2023-2013, 2013.
De Beaulieu, J.-L., Miras, Y., Andrieu-Ponel, V., and Guiter, F.: Vegetation dynamics in north-western Mediterranean regions: instability of the Mediterranean bioclimate, Plant Biosyst., 139, 114–126, 2005.
Debret, M., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Grousset, F., Desmet, M., McManus, J. F., Massei, N., Sebag, D., Petit, J.-R., Copard, Y., and Trentesaux, A.: The origin of the 1500-year climate cycles in Holocene North-Atlantic records, Clim. Past, 3, 569–575, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-3-569-2007, 2007.
Delhon, C. and Thiébault, S.: The migration of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) up the Rhone: the Mediterranean history of a "mountain" species, Veg. Hist. Archaeobot., 14, 119–132, 2005.
Desprat, S., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Essallami, L., Sicre, M. A., Dormoy, I., Peyron, O., Siani, G., Bout Roumazeilles, V., and Turon, J. L.: Deglacial and Holocene vegetation and climatic changes in the southern Central Mediterranean from a direct land–sea correlation, Clim. Past, 9, 767–787, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-767-2013, 2013.
Dezileau, L., Sabatier, P., Blanchemanche, P., Joly, B., Swingedouw, D., Cassou, C., Castaings, J., Martinez, P., and Von Grafenstein, U.: Intense storm activity during the Little Ice Age on the French Mediterranean coast, Palaeogeogr. Palaeocl., 299, 289–297, 2011.
Ducrey, M.: Sylviculture des taillis de Chêne vert pratiques traditionnelles et problématique des recherches récentes, ENGREF, Ecole nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts, Nancy, France, 1988.
Durand, A.: Les paysages médiévaux du Languedoc: Xe-XIIe siècles, Presses Univ. du Mirail, 2003.
Faegri, K. and Iversen, J.: Textbook of pollen analysis, 4th Edn., edited by: Faegri, K., Kaland, P. E., and Krzywinski, K., Wiley, Chichester, 1989.
IPCC: Summary for policymakers, in: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by: Field, C. B., Barros, V. R., Dokken, D. J., Mach, K. J., Mastrandrea, M. D., Bilir, T. E., Chatterjee, M., Ebi, K. L., Estrada, Y. O., Genova, R. C., Girma, B., Kissel, E. S., Levy, A. N., MacCracken, S., Mastrandrea, P. R., and White, L. L., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1–32, 2014.
Figueiral, I., Jung, C., Martin, S., Tardy, C., Compan, M., Pallier, C., Pomaredes, H., and Fabre, L.: La perception des paysages et des agro-systèmes antiques de la moyenne vallée de l'Hérault. Apports des biomarqueurs à l'archéologie préventive, in La perception des paysages et des agro-systèmes antiques de la moyenne vallée de l'Hérault. Apports des biomarqueurs à l'archéologie préventive, 415–430, APDCA, 2010.
Fletcher, W. J. and Zielhofer, C.: Fragility of Western Mediterranean landscapes during Holocene Rapid Climate Changes, CATENA, 103, 16–29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.001, 2013.
Fletcher, W. J., Boski, T., and Moura, D.: Palynological evidence for environmental and climatic change in the lower Guadiana valley, Portugal, during the last 13 000 years, Holocene, 17, 481–494, 2007.
Frigola, J., Moreno, A., Cacho, I., Canals, M., Sierro, F. J., Flores, J. A., Grimalt, J. O., Hodell, D. A., and Curtis, J. H.: Holocene climate variability in the western Mediterranean region from a deepwater sediment record, Paleoceanography, 22, PA2209, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006PA001307, 2007.
Gasco, J.: L'âge du Bronze dans le sud de la France, in: La France préhistorique, un essai d'histoire, Editions Gallimard, France, 2010.
Giraudi, C.: The Apennine glaciations in Italy, Quaternary glaciations–extent and chronology, part I: Europe, Developments in quaternary science, 2, 215–224, 2004.
Giraudi, C.: Middle to Late Holocene glacial variations, periglacial processes and alluvial sedimentation on the higher Apennine massifs (Italy), Quaternary Res., 64, 176–184, 2005.
Giraudi, C., Magny, M., Zanchetta, G., and Drysdale, R. N.: The Holocene climatic evolution of Mediterranean Italy: A review of the continental geological data, Holocene, 21, 105–115, 2011.
Henne, P. D., Elkin, C., Franke, J., Colombaroli, D., Calò, C., La Mantia, T., Pasta, S., Conedera, M., Dermody, O., and Tinner, W.: Reviving extinct Mediterranean forest communities may improve ecosystem potential in a warmer future, Front. Ecol. Environ., 13, 356–362, 2015.
Jallot, L.: La fin du Néolithique dans la moitié sud de la France, in La France préhistorique, un essai d'histoire, Editions Gallimard, France, 2010.
Jallot, L.: Frontières, stabilités, emprunts et dynamique géoculturelle en Languedoc méditerranéen au Néolithique final (3400–2300 av. J.C.), in Actes des èmes Rencontres Méridionales de Préhistoire Récente, 87–119, 2011.
Jalut, G.: Analyse pollinique de sédiments holocènes de l'étang de Capestang (Hérault), Temps et espace dans le bassin de l'Aude du Néolithique à l'Age du Fer, 293–302, 1995.
Jalut, G., Amat, A. E., Bonnet, L., Gauquelin, T., and Fontugne, M.: Holocene climatic changes in the Western Mediterranean, from south-east France to south-east Spain, Palaeogeogr. Palaeocl., 160, 255–290, 2000.
Jalut, G., Dedoubat, J. J., Fontugne, M., and Otto, T.: Holocene circum-Mediterranean vegetation changes: climate forcing and human impact, Quaternary Int., 200, 4–18, 2009.
Janin, T.: L'âge du fer dans le sud de la France, in La France préhistorique, un essai d'histoire, 461–486, Editions Gallimard, France, 2010.
Jiménez-Espejo, F. J., García-Alix, A., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Rodrigo-Gámiz, M., Anderson, R. S., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Martínez-Ruiz, F., Giralt, S., Huertas, A. D. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E.: Saharan aeolian input and effective humidity variations over western Europe during the Holocene from a high altitude record, Chem. Geol., 374, 1–12, 2014.
Jiménez-Moreno, G., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., Pérez-Asensio, J. N., Carrión, J. S., López-Sáez, J. A., Villarías-Robles, J. J., Celestino-Pérez, S., Cerrillo-Cuenca, E., León, Á., and Contreras, C.: Impact of late-Holocene aridification trend, climate variability and geodynamic control on the environment from a coastal area in SW Spain, Holocene, 25, 607–617, 2015.
Jorda, C., Chabal, L., and Blanchemanche, P.: Lattara entre terres et eaux, Gallia, 65, 1–230, 2008.
Kaplan, M.: Le Moyen Âge, IV'-X siècles, Paris, Bréal, 1994.
Koerner, W., Cinotti, B., Jussy, J.-H., and Beno\^it, M.: Evolution des surfaces boisées en France depuis le début du XIXe siècle: identification et localisation des boisements des territoires agricoles abandonnés, Revue forestière française, 52, 249–270, 2000.
Kotthoff, U., Müller, U. C., Pross, J., Schmiedl, G., Lawson, I. T., van de Schootbrugge, B., and Schulz, H.: Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation dynamics in the Aegean region: an integrated view based on pollen data from marine and terrestrial archives, Holocene, 18, 1019–1032, 2008.
Leveau, P.: L'oléiculture en Gaule Narbonnaise: données archéologiques et paléoenvironnemtales. Présentation-Interprétation, Revue archéologique de Picardie, 1, 299–308, 2003.
Li, J. and Romane, F. J.: Effects of germination inhibition on the dynamics of Quercus ilex stands, J. Veg. Sci., 8, 287–294, 1997.
Magny, M.: Holocene climate variability as reflected by mid-European lake-level fluctuations and its probable impact on prehistoric human settlements, Quaternary Int., 113, 65–79, 2004.
Magny, M.: Orbital, ice-sheet, and possible solar forcing of Holocene lake-level fluctuations in west-central Europe: a comment on Bleicher, Holocene, 23, 1202–1212, 2013.
Magny, M., Miramont, C., and Sivan, O.: Assessment of the impact of climate and anthropogenic factors on Holocene Mediterranean vegetation in Europe on the basis of palaeohydrological records, Palaeogeogr. Palaeocl., 186, 47–59, 2002.
Magny, M., Joannin, S., Galop, D., Vannière, B., Haas, J. N., Bassetti, M., Bellintani, P., Scandolari, R., and Desmet, M.: Holocene palaeohydrological changes in the northern Mediterranean borderlands as reflected by the lake-level record of Lake Ledro, northeastern Italy, Quaternary Res., 77, 382–396, 2012.
Magny, M., Combourieu-Nebout, N., de Beaulieu, J. L., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Colombaroli, D., Desprat, S., Francke, A., Joannin, S., Ortu, E., Peyron, O., Revel, M., Sadori, L., Siani, G., Sicre, M. A., Samartin, S., Simonneau, A., Tinner, W., Vannière, B., Wagner, B., Zanchetta, G., Anselmetti, F., Brugiapaglia, E., Chapron, E., Debret, M., Desmet, M., Didier, J., Essallami, L., Galop, D., Gilli, A., Haas, J. N., Kallel, N., Millet, L., Stock, A., Turon, J. L., and Wirth, S.: North–south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene: tentative synthesis and working hypotheses, Clim. Past, 9, 2043–2071, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2043-2013, 2013.
Marchal, O., Cacho, I., Stocker, T. F., Grimalt, J. O., Calvo, E., Martrat, B., Shackleton, N., Vautravers, M., Cortijo, E., and van Kreveld, S.: Apparent long-term cooling of the sea surface in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Holocene, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 21, 455–483, 2002.
Naughton, F., Goñi, M. S., Kageyama, M., Bard, E., Duprat, J., Cortijo, E., Desprat, S., Malaizé, B., Joly, C., and Rostek, F.: Wet to dry climatic trend in north-western Iberia within Heinrich events, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 284, 329–342, 2009.
Ouzoulias, P.: La géographie de la villa dans les Gaules romaines?: quelques observations, in: Actes du colloque international AGER IX, 253–268, 2013.
Pérez-Obiol, R., Jalut, G., Julià, R., Pèlachs, A., Iriarte, M. J., Otto, T., and Hernández-Beloqui, B.: Mid-Holocene vegetation and climatic history of the Iberian Peninsula, Holocene, 21, 75–93, 2011.
Planchais, N.: Palynologie lagunaire de l'étang de Mauguio, Paléoenvironnement végétal et évolution anthropique, Pollen et spores, 1, 93–118, 1982.
Planchais, N.: Impact de l'homme lors du remplissage de l'estuaire du Lez (Palavas, Hérault) mis en évidence par l'analyse pollinique, Pollen et spores, 29, 73–88, 1987.
Puertas, O.: Évolution holocène de la végétation en bordure de l'étang de Méjean: analyse pollinique du sondage d'Embouchac (Lattes, Hérault, France) [Holocene vegetation dynamic on the edge of the Méjean lagune; pollen analysis of Embouchac boring (Lattes, Hérault, France)], Quaternaire, 9, 79–89, 1998.
Puertas, O.: Premiers indices polliniques de néolithisation dans la plaine littorale de Montpellier (Hérault, France), Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 96, 15–20, 1999.
Punt, W.: The Northwest European Pollen Flora (NEPF) Vol I (1976), Vol II (1980), Vol III (1981), Vol IV (1984) Vol V (1988), Vol VI (1991), Vol VII (1996), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1976.
Quezel, P.: La région méditerranéenne française et ses essences forestières, signification écologique dans le contexte circum-méditerranéen, Forêt Méd, 1, 7–18, 1979.
Reille, M.: Pollen et Spores d'Europe et d'Afric du Nort, Mar-seille: Laboratoire de Botanique historique et Palynologie, 520 pp., 1992.
Reille, M. and Pons, A.: The ecological significance of sclerophyllous oak forests in the western part of the Mediterranean basin: a note on pollen analytical data, in Quercus ilex L. ecosystems: function, dynamics and management, 13–17, Springer, 1992.
Reimer, P. J., Baillie, M. G., Bard, E., Bayliss, A., Beck, J. W., Blackwell, P. G., Bronk, R. C., Buck, C. E., Burr, G. S., and Edwards, R. L.: IntCal09 and Marine09 radiocarbon age calibration curves, 0–50,000 years cal BP, Radiocarbon, 51, 1111–1150, 2009.
Roberts, N., Jones, M. D., Benkaddour, A., Eastwood, W. J., Filippi, M. L., Frogley, M. R., Lamb, H. F., Leng, M. J., Reed, J. M., and Stein, M.: Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes: the ISOMED synthesis, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 27, 2426–2441, 2008.
Roberts, N., Eastwood, W. J., Kuzucuoglu, C., Fiorentino, G., and Caracuta, V.: Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition, Holocene, 21, 147–162, 2011.
Sabatier, P. and Dezileau, L.: Archives sédimentaires dans les lagunes du Golfe d'Aigues-Mortes. Estimation de l'aléa de tempête depuis 2000 ans, Quaternaire, Revue de l'Association française pour l'étude du Quaternaire, 21, 5–11, 2010.
Sabatier, P., Dezileau, L., Colin, C., Briqueu, L., Bouchette, F., Martinez, P., Siani, G., Raynal, O., and Von Grafenstein, U.: 7000 years of paleostorm activity in the NW Mediterranean Sea in response to Holocene climate events, Quaternary Res., 77, 1–11, 2012.
Sadori, L., Jahns, S., and Peyron, O.: Mid-Holocene vegetation history of the central Mediterranean, Holocene, 21, 117–129, 2011.
Sadori, L., Giardini, M., Gliozzi, E., Mazzini, I., Sulpizio, R., van Welden, A., and Zanchetta, G.: Vegetation, climate and environmental history of the last 4500 years at lake Shkodra (Albania/Montenegro), Holocene, 25, 435–444, 2014.
Schmiedl, G., Kuhnt, T., Ehrmann, W., Emeis, K.-C., Hamann, Y., Kotthoff, U., Dulski, P., and Pross, J.: Climatic forcing of eastern Mediterranean deep-water formation and benthic ecosystems during the past 22 000 years, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 29, 3006–3020, 2010.
Schneider, L.: Aux marges méditerranéennes de la Gaule mérovingienne. Les cadres politiques et ecclésiastiques de l'ancienne Narbonnaise Iere entre Antiquité et Moyen Age (Ve-IXe siècles), L'espace du diocèse, Genèse d'un terrioire dans l'occident médiéval (Ve-XIIIe siècle), 69–95, 2008.
Schneider, L., Fauduet, I., and Odenhardt-Donvez, I.: Structures du peuplement et formes de l'habitat dans les campagnes du sud-est de la France de l'Antiquité au Moyen Âge (IVe-VIIIes.): essai de synthèse, Gallia, 64, 11–56, 2007.
Sorrel, P., Tessier, B., Demory, F., Delsinne, N., and Mouazé, D.: Evidence for millennial-scale climatic events in the sedimentary infilling of a macrotidal estuarine system, the Seine estuary (NW France), Quaternary Sci. Rev., 28, 499–516, 2009.
Stockmarr, J.: Tablets with spores used in absolute pollen analysis, Pollen et spores, XIII, 615–621, 1971.
Sugita, S.: A model of pollen source area for an entire lake surface, Quaternary Res., 39, 239–244, 1993.
Tinner, W., van Leeuwen, J. F., Colombaroli, D., Vescovi, E., Van der Knaap, W. O., Henne, P. D., Pasta, S., D'Angelo, S., and La Mantia, T.: Holocene environmental and climatic changes at Gorgo Basso, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 28, 1498–1510, 2009.
Triat-Laval, H.: Contribution pollenanalytique à l'histoire tardi-postglaciaire de la végétation de la Basse Vallée du Rhône, Université d'Aix-Marseille III, 1978.
Trouet, V., Scourse, J. D., and Raible, C. C.: North Atlantic storminess and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during the last Millennium: Reconciling contradictory proxy records of NAO variability, Global Planet. Change, 84, 48–55, 2012.
Vaquer, J.: Le Néolithique moyen en France, cultures et intéractions (4600–3500 av. J.C.), in La France préhistorique, un essai d'histoire, 2010.
Zazo, C., Mercier, N., Silva, P. G., Dabrio, C. J., Goy, J. L., Roquero, E., Soler, V., Borja, F., Lario, J., and Polo, D.: Landscape evolution and geodynamic controls in the Gulf of Cadiz (Huelva coast, SW Spain) during the Late Quaternary, Geomorphology, 68, 269–290, 2005.
Short summary
High-resolution pollen analyses undertaken on two cores from southern France allow us to separate anthropogenic effects from climatic impacts on environments over the last 4500 years. A long-term aridification trend is highlighted during the late Holocene, and three superimposed arid events are recorded around 4400, 2600 and 1200cal BP coinciding in time with Bond events. Human influence on vegetation is attested since the Bronze Age and became dominant at the beginning of the High Middle Ages.
High-resolution pollen analyses undertaken on two cores from southern France allow us to...
Special issue