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W Tinner
Quali formazioni boschive in un clima più caldo?
La plurimillenaria azione dell'uomo sugli ecosistemi sudalpini, e mediterranei in particolare, ha fortemente alterato i consorzi vegetali e spesso cancellato le specie arboree che in natura dominerebbero nelle attuali condizioni ambientali. Tale lacuna rende molto difficile pronosticare quali specie sarebbero le meglio adattate a eventuali futuri cambiamenti climatici.
Holocene interactions between climate, vegetation, land-use and the fire regime in coastal Southern Sicily: evidences from new sedimentary records
We used a new sedimentary record to reconstruct the Holocene vegetation and fire history of Gorgo Basso, a coastal lake in south-western Sicily (Italy). Pollen and charcoal data suggest a fire-prone open grassland near the site until ca 10,000 cal yr BP (8050 cal BC), when Pistacia shrubland expanded and fire activity declined, probably in response to increased moisture availability. Evergreen Olea europaea woods expanded ca 8400 to decline abruptly at 8200 cal yr BP, when climatic conditions became drier at other sites in the Mediterranean region. Around 7000 cal yr BP evergreen broadleaved forests (Quercus ilex, Quercus suber and O. europaea) expanded at the cost of open communities. The …