Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. BP based on fossil charcoal records

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	Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. BP based on fossil charcoal records
	Li, Xiaoqiang 1,2; Sun, Nan 1,2; Dodson, John 3; Zhou, Xinying 2; Zhao, Keliang 2; lixiaoqiang@ivpp.ac.cn
	2013
发表期刊	VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY
ISSN	0939-6314
卷号	22 期号:1 页码:61-70
文章类型	Article
摘要	Understanding terrestrial vegetation dynamics is a crucial tool in global change research. The Loess Plateau, an important area for the study of Asian monsoons and early agriculture, poses a controversial question on the potential vegetation and its pattern. Fossil charcoal as direct evidence of wood provides precision in species identification and hence vegetation reconstruction. Charcoals from the Dadiwan and Xishanping sites suggest a great variety of plants between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p. in the valley area of the western Loess Plateau. The deciduous broad-leaf wood from Quercus, Ulmus, Betula, Corylus and Acer is very frequent and makes up almost half the total abundance ratio of the represented taxa. Meanwhile, some typical subtropical taxa such as Liquidambar formosana, Eucommia ulmoides, Toxicodendron and Bambusoideae, are present at the two study sites. The high abundance of Picea appearing between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p. suggests the development of Picea forests in the valley of the western Loess Plateau. The assemblages of charcoal indicate that the mixed forest of evergreen deciduous and conifer-deciduous broadleaved trees developed in the valley of the Loess Plateau during the Holocene optimum. Precipitation is the main controlling factor for forest development. The increasing precipitation is the probable reason for the appearance of north-subtropical forests between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p.
关键词	Charcoal Vegetation Dynamics Climate Change Precipitation Change Loess Plateau
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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关键词[WOS]	YR BP ; CHINA ; AGRICULTURE ; AREA ; FOREST ; AGE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000312059400005
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4229
专题	古人类及旧石器研究室
通讯作者	lixiaoqiang@ivpp.ac.cn
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Palaeoanthropol, Lab Human Evolut, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710075, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 3.Australian Nucl Sci & Technol Org, Inst Environm Res, Kirrawee, NSW 2232, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Xiaoqiang,Sun, Nan,Dodson, John,et al. Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. BP based on fossil charcoal records[J]. VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY,2013,22(1):61-70.
APA	Li, Xiaoqiang,Sun, Nan,Dodson, John,Zhou, Xinying,Zhao, Keliang,&lixiaoqiang@ivpp.ac.cn.(2013).Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. BP based on fossil charcoal records.VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY,22(1),61-70.
MLA	Li, Xiaoqiang,et al."Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. BP based on fossil charcoal records".VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY 22.1(2013):61-70.