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 UNIL - Université de Lausanne = 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.

Mots clés: Neolithic agriculture; pollen; Holocene vegetation

Domaines: Géographie; Environnement et Société

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⟩