Białowieża forest—A relic of the high naturalness of European forests

B Jaroszewicz, O Cholewińska, JM Gutowski… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
In Europe only some small isolated patches of forests with a high degree of naturalness still
exist. These are forests, whose structure, composition and function has been shaped by …

Holocene fire activity during low-natural flammability periods reveals scale-dependent cultural human-fire relationships in Europe

E Dietze, M Theuerkauf, K Bloom, A Brauer… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fire is a natural component of global biogeochemical cycles and closely related to changes
in human land use. Whereas climate-fuel relationships seem to drive both global and …

The Eurasian modern pollen database (EMPD), version 2

BAS Davis, M Chevalier, P Sommer… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to
provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support …

Unveiling exceptional Baltic bog ecohydrology, autogenic succession and climate change during the last 2000 years in CE Europe using replicate cores, multi-proxy …

M Gałka, K Tobolski, Ł Lamentowicz, V Ersek… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present the results of high-resolution, multi-proxy palaeoecological investigations of two
parallel peat cores from the Baltic raised bog Mechacz Wielki in NE Poland. We aim to …

Peatland development, vegetation history, climate change and human activity in the Valdai uplands (Central European Russia) during the Holocene: a multi-proxy …

YA Mazei, AN Tsyganov, MV Bobrovsky, NG Mazei… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peatlands are remarkable for their specific biodiversity, crucial role in carbon cycling and
climate change. Their deposits preserve organism remains that can be used to reconstruct …

Hyperspectral imaging of sedimentary bacterial pigments: a 1700-year history of meromixis from varved Lake Jaczno, northeast Poland

C Butz, M Grosjean, T Goslar, W Tylmann - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2017 - Springer
Hypoxia in freshwater systems is currently spreading globally and putting water quality,
biodiversity and other ecosystem services at risk. Such adverse effects are of particular …

Using multi-proxy palaeoecology to test a relict status of refugial populations of calcareous-fen species in the Western Carpathians

P Hájková, M Horsák, M Hájek, V Jankovská… - The …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The distribution pattern of relict and specialised species in calcareous fens was revealed to
be non-stochastic, with ancient fens harbouring more of these species than younger ones …

The decline of tufa deposition in an alkaline fen ecosystem in East-Central Europe and its impact on biotic assemblages: Insights from monitoring and paleoecological …

K Apolinarska, R Kiełczewski, K Pleskot… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protection and restoration of the CaCO 3 depositing alkaline fens require an in-depth
understanding of these unique and declining ecosystems. The present study investigates …

[HTML][HTML] Searching for the 4.2 ka climate event at Lake Spore, Poland

K Pleskot, K Apolinarska, P Kołaczek, M Suchora… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Many regions around the world experienced abrupt climate change with far-reaching
societal and environmental effects at ca. 4.2 cal. ka BP. As one of the most distinct climatic …

[HTML][HTML] Exceptional hydrological stability of a Sphagnum-dominated peatland over the late Holocene

K Marcisz, P Kołaczek, M Gałka, AC Diaconu… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lowering of the water table and substantial drying are observed in peatlands worldwide. A
significant drying of European peatlands in the last 200–300 years influenced the …