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Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens

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Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens. / Pearce, Elena A.; Mazier, Florence; Normand, Signe et al.
In: Science Advances, Vol. 9, No. 45, eadi9135, 10.11.2023.

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Harvard

Pearce, EA, Mazier, F, Normand, S, Fyfe, R, Andrieu, V, Bakels, C, Balwierz, Z, Bińka, K, Boreham, S, Borisova, OK, Brostrom, A, de Beaulieu, JL, Gao, C, González-Sampériz, P, Granoszewski, W, Hrynowiecka, A, Kołaczek, P, Kuneš, P, Magri, D, Malkiewicz, M, Mighall, T, Milner, AM, Möller, P, Nita, M, Noryśkiewicz, B, Pidek, IA, Reille, M, Robertsson, AM, Salonen, JS, Schläfli, P, Schokker, J, Scussolini, P, Šeirienė, V, Strahl, J, Urban, B, Winter, H & Svenning, JC 2023, 'Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens', Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 45, eadi9135. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi9135

APA

Pearce, E. A., Mazier, F., Normand, S., Fyfe, R., Andrieu, V., Bakels, C., Balwierz, Z., Bińka, K., Boreham, S., Borisova, O. K., Brostrom, A., de Beaulieu, J. L., Gao, C., González-Sampériz, P., Granoszewski, W., Hrynowiecka, A., Kołaczek, P., Kuneš, P., Magri, D., ... Svenning, J. C. (2023). Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens. Science Advances, 9(45), Article eadi9135. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi9135

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Pearce EA, Mazier F, Normand S, Fyfe R, Andrieu V, Bakels C et al. Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens. Science Advances. 2023 Nov 10;9(45):eadi9135. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adi9135

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title = "Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens",
abstract = "The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed-canopy forest; however, some argue that large herbivores maintained greater openness or even wood-pasture conditions. Here, we address this question for the Last Interglacial period (129,000-116,000 years ago), before Homo sapiens-linked megafauna declines and anthropogenic landscape transformation. We applied the vegetation reconstruction method REVEALS to 96 Last Interglacial pollen records. We found that light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover during this period. The degree of openness was highly variable and only partially linked to climatic factors, indicating the importance of natural disturbance regimes. Our results show that the temperate forest biome was historically heterogeneous rather than uniformly dense, which is consistent with the dependency of much of contemporary European biodiversity on open vegetation and light woodland.",
keywords = "Biology",
author = "Pearce, {Elena A.} and Florence Mazier and Signe Normand and Ralph Fyfe and Val{\'e}rie Andrieu and Corrie Bakels and Zofia Balwierz and Krzysztof Bi{\'n}ka and Steve Boreham and Borisova, {Olga K.} and Anna Brostrom and {de Beaulieu}, {Jacques Louis} and Cunhai Gao and Pen{\'e}lope Gonz{\'a}lez-Samp{\'e}riz and Wojciech Granoszewski and Anna Hrynowiecka and Piotr Ko{\l}aczek and Petr Kune{\v s} and Donatella Magri and Ma{\l}gorzata Malkiewicz and Tim Mighall and Milner, {Alice M.} and Per M{\"o}ller and Ma{\l}gorzata Nita and Bo{\.z}ena Nory{\'s}kiewicz and Pidek, {Irena Agnieszka} and Maurice Reille and Robertsson, {Ann Marie} and Salonen, {J. Sakari} and Patrick Schl{\"a}fli and Jeroen Schokker and Paolo Scussolini and Vaida {\v S}eirienė and Jaqueline Strahl and Brigitte Urban and Hanna Winter and Svenning, {Jens Christian}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.",
year = "2023",
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day = "10",
doi = "10.1126/sciadv.adi9135",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
journal = "Science Advances",
issn = "2375-2548",
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RIS

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T1 - Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens

AU - Pearce, Elena A.

AU - Mazier, Florence

AU - Normand, Signe

AU - Fyfe, Ralph

AU - Andrieu, Valérie

AU - Bakels, Corrie

AU - Balwierz, Zofia

AU - Bińka, Krzysztof

AU - Boreham, Steve

AU - Borisova, Olga K.

AU - Brostrom, Anna

AU - de Beaulieu, Jacques Louis

AU - Gao, Cunhai

AU - González-Sampériz, Penélope

AU - Granoszewski, Wojciech

AU - Hrynowiecka, Anna

AU - Kołaczek, Piotr

AU - Kuneš, Petr

AU - Magri, Donatella

AU - Malkiewicz, Małgorzata

AU - Mighall, Tim

AU - Milner, Alice M.

AU - Möller, Per

AU - Nita, Małgorzata

AU - Noryśkiewicz, Bożena

AU - Pidek, Irena Agnieszka

AU - Reille, Maurice

AU - Robertsson, Ann Marie

AU - Salonen, J. Sakari

AU - Schläfli, Patrick

AU - Schokker, Jeroen

AU - Scussolini, Paolo

AU - Šeirienė, Vaida

AU - Strahl, Jaqueline

AU - Urban, Brigitte

AU - Winter, Hanna

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.

PY - 2023/11/10

Y1 - 2023/11/10

N2 - The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed-canopy forest; however, some argue that large herbivores maintained greater openness or even wood-pasture conditions. Here, we address this question for the Last Interglacial period (129,000-116,000 years ago), before Homo sapiens-linked megafauna declines and anthropogenic landscape transformation. We applied the vegetation reconstruction method REVEALS to 96 Last Interglacial pollen records. We found that light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover during this period. The degree of openness was highly variable and only partially linked to climatic factors, indicating the importance of natural disturbance regimes. Our results show that the temperate forest biome was historically heterogeneous rather than uniformly dense, which is consistent with the dependency of much of contemporary European biodiversity on open vegetation and light woodland.

AB - The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed-canopy forest; however, some argue that large herbivores maintained greater openness or even wood-pasture conditions. Here, we address this question for the Last Interglacial period (129,000-116,000 years ago), before Homo sapiens-linked megafauna declines and anthropogenic landscape transformation. We applied the vegetation reconstruction method REVEALS to 96 Last Interglacial pollen records. We found that light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover during this period. The degree of openness was highly variable and only partially linked to climatic factors, indicating the importance of natural disturbance regimes. Our results show that the temperate forest biome was historically heterogeneous rather than uniformly dense, which is consistent with the dependency of much of contemporary European biodiversity on open vegetation and light woodland.

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