The Holocene Evolution of Vegetation in the Southeast of the Volga Upland

• Published in: Russian journal of ecology Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 93 - 101
• Main Authors: Blagoveshchenskaya, N. V., Isaev, I. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.03.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Environment; Evolution; Holocene; Life Sciences; Peat; Pollen; Territory; Vegetation; history of vegetation; Volga Upland; spore–pollen assemblages; Holocene

The Holocene evolution of vegetation in the high-plain territory of the northwestern Volga Upland has been shown to have certain specific features. Based on analysis of spore–pollen assemblages from peat deposits, the onset of bog formation has been dated to the late Boreal period (about 8500 yr BP)...