Yannick Miras, Michela Mariani, Paul M. Ledger, Alfredo Mayoral, Léo Chassiot, Marlène Lavrieux
Holocene Vegetation Dynamics and First Land-Cover Estimates in the Auvergne Mountains (Massif Central, France)
Číslo: 2/2018
Periodikum: Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica
Klíčová slova: vegetation history, cultural landscape, human impact, mountain, Auvergne, Holocene, palaeoecology, pollen, REVEALS
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in the Lower Auvergne Mountains (France). It allows us to investigate the Holocene trajectories
of landscape evolution arising from the interplay between human impact and adaptability, climate
oscillations and environmental evolution. The mechanistic models for the regional vegetation
reconstruction applied here provide the first quantification of land cover changes in this region. The
results obtained allow an improved understanding of past vegetation dynamics and a discussion of:
(1) the natural variability of the vegetation to climate oscillations; (2) the development of the cultural
landscape and the land uses involved; (3) the timing and the extent of the landscape openness; and (4)
the richness in vegetation units within the landscape mosaic measured by the floristic diversity. These
long-term changes highlight the sensitivity of these mountainous landscapes: having formed socioecosystems that have been shaped over millennia. It is therefore crucial to consider this ecological and
cultural heritage when directing future sustainable management plans.