Effects of tephra falls on vegetation: A Late-Quaternary record from southern Italy

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 106; no. 6; pp. 2456 - 2472
• Main Authors: Allen, Judy R. M., Huntley, Brian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.11.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: absolute pollen analysis; Accumulation; analytical methods; botanical composition; chemistry; Chronology; cold steppe; Composition; Cupressaceae; Deposition; Duration; Ecosystems; forest; forests; Interglacial periods; Italy; Lago Grande di Monticchio; Lakes; Laminates; Organic chemistry; Palaeoecology and land-use history; plant population and community dynamics; Pollen; Productivity; Quaternary; Recovery; Recovery time; Sediment; Sensitivity; Steppes; Temporal resolution; Tephra; tephra chemistry; tephra thickness; Thickness; Varves; Vegetation; volcanic activity; Volcanic eruptions; wooded steppe; Italy

1. Impacts of tephra deposition on vegetation are recorded in a series of 10 high temporal resolution absolute pollen diagrams from Lago Grande di Monticchio, each diagram spanning a single tephra deposition event during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. 2. Sediment accumulation rates determined...