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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.025
论文题名:
Multi-proxy reconstruction of environmental dynamics and colonization impacts in the Mauritian uplands
作者: De Boer E.J.; Slaikovska M.; Hooghiemstra H.; Rijsdijk K.F.; Vélez M.I.; Prins M.; Baider C.; Florens F.B.V.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2013
卷: 383-384
起始页码: 42
结束页码: 51
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Ericaceous heathland ; Human impact ; Invasive species ; Late Holocene ; Mauritian uplands ; Oceanic island ; Pandanus marsh
英文摘要: A 115cm long sediment core retrieved from the exposed uplands of Mauritius, a small oceanic island in the Indian Ocean, shows environmental change from the uninhabited era into post-colonization times. Well-preserved fossil pollen and diatoms in the uppermost 30cm of the core reflect environmental conditions during the last 1000years. Granulometric analysis along the core shows that the sediments below 30cm consist of weathered material and that the record may contain hiatuses. This is also illustrated by a 14C date at 96cm depth of 35,000 calibrated years before AD 1950 (35.0calka). The pollen record shows that pristine vegetation at 650m elevation consisted of ericaceous heathland and Pandanus marsh. Around 0.9calka wet montane forest and fern-rich marsh replaced heathland vegetation, indicating higher moisture availability. Natural changes in upland vegetation associations are mainly driven by changes in sediment accumulation causing changes in soil properties and drainage conditions. The historically well-dated start of colonization (AD 1638) is reflected by the sudden arrival of exotic plant taxa Camellia sinensis (tea), Pinus spp. (pine), Casuarina equisetifolia (coastal she-oak), Psidium cattleianum (strawberry guava), Homalanthus (Queensland poplar) and Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane), as well as an increase in charcoal, indicating deforestation. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/69711
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作者单位: Department of Paleoecology and Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Geology, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada; Department of Earth Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; The Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Réduit, Mauritius; Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius

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De Boer E.J.,Slaikovska M.,Hooghiemstra H.,et al. Multi-proxy reconstruction of environmental dynamics and colonization impacts in the Mauritian uplands[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2013-01-01,383-384
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