European forest cover since the start of Neolithic agriculture: a critical comparison of pollen-based reconstructions

Jessie Woodbridge (1) , R.M. Fyfe (1) , C.N. Roberts (1) , A.-K. Trondman (2) , Florence Mazier (3) , B Davis (4)

1 SoGEES - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences [Plymouth]
2 School of natural sciences, Linnaeus University
3 GEODE - Géographie de l'environnement
4 Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne

Europe was extensively wooded prior to the arrival of Neolithic agriculture. Forests have since been cleared and fragmented by humans. Here we compare different approaches to transforming fossil pollen data into quantitative past forest cover estimates on a continental scale.

Keywords: Neolithic agriculture; pollen; Holocene vegetation

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Geography; Environmental Sciences; Environmental and Society

Jessie Woodbridge, R.M. Fyfe, C.N. Roberts, A.-K. Trondman, Florence Mazier, et al.. European forest cover since the start of Neolithic agriculture: a critical comparison of pollen-based reconstructions. Past Global Changes Magazine, 2018, 26 (1), pp.10-11. ⟨10.22498/pages.26.1.10⟩. ⟨hal-02096518⟩