Author
Sebastián Pérez-Díaz
Other affiliations: University of Toulouse, University of the Basque Country, Spanish National Research Council
Bio: Sebastián Pérez-Díaz is an academic researcher from University of Cantabria. The author has contributed to research in topics: Holocene & Peninsula. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 62 publications receiving 789 citations. Previous affiliations of Sebastián Pérez-Díaz include University of Toulouse & University of the Basque Country.
Topics: Holocene, Peninsula, Vegetation, Bronze Age, Palynology
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TL;DR: A review of the available Holocene pollen records from the Spanish Central System (113 sites and 150 14 C dates) was presented in this paper, where Palynological data obtained from pollen analyses of peatbogs, lakes and archaeological sites, as well as radiocarbon dating, were used to infer the human impact on vegetation and landscape during the last 9 millennia.
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23 Dec 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the results show a strong relationship between altitude, temperature, rainfall, arboreal cover and variations in pollen taxa percentages, and the statistic discrimination of some of these forest communities has allowed them to propose three new associations.
Abstract: Fifty-eight modern pollen surface samples from different Scots pine forest communities ( Pinus sylvestris var. iberica Svoboda) in the Iberian Central System (central Spain) were palynologically and statistically analyzed (using hierarchical cluster analysis and principal component analysis) to derive correlations between pollen assemblages and environmental gradients at the sampled points. Numerical classification and ordination were performed on pollen data to assess similarities among (central Iberian)-Scots pine forest phytosociological associations. The results show a strong relationship between altitude, temperature, rainfall, arboreal cover and variations in pollen taxa percentages. The statistic discrimination of some of these forest communities has allowed us to propose three new associations.
50 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the patterns and processes of vegetation change and fire history in the Late Holocene (c. 2400 calendar year BP) palaeoecological sequence of Lanzahita, Sierra de Gredos in central Spain, and provides the first Iberian pollen sequence undertaken within a monospecific Pinus pinaster woodland.
Abstract: This article describes the patterns and processes of vegetation change and fire history in the Late Holocene (c. 2400 calendar year BP) palaeoecological sequence of Lanzahita, Sierra de Gredos in central Spain, and provides the first Iberian pollen sequence undertaken within a monospecific Pinus pinaster woodland. These new data reassess not only the autochthonous nature of this pine species in the region and the Iberian Peninsula, but also the naturalness of well-developed cluster pine forests. Conflicts of palaeoecological evidence with phytosociological models of vegetation dynamics in the study region, and the relationships of P. pinaster with fire occurrence in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, are discussed.
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TL;DR: In this article, a high-resolution sedimentary sequence sampled from the Portlligat Bay (NE Iberian Peninsula) has been studied in order to assess its palaeoecological potential.
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TL;DR: In addition to the influence of Lateglacial and Early Holocene climatic changes, other factors are critical in the course of vegetation development and observe strong regional differences as discussed by the authors.
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TL;DR: A novel chorological data compilation for the main European tree and shrub species is presented, intended to provide a synthetic continental-scale overview of the species ranges.
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