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Patterns in recent and Holocene pollen accumulation rates across Europe – the Pollen Monitoring Programme Database as a tool for vegetation reconstruction
Vojtěch Abraham
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague, Czech Republic
Sheila Hicks
formerly at: University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000, 90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
retired
Helena Svobodová-Svitavská
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague, Czech Republic
Department of Paleoecology, Institute of Botany v.v.i., Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, 252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
Elissaveta Bozilova
Laboratory of Palynology, Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tsankov blvd., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
Sampson Panajiotidis
Lab. of Forest Botany, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 270, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Mariana Filipova-Marinova
Museum of Natural History Varna, 41 Maria Louisa Blvd. 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Christin Eldegard Jensen
University of Stavanger, Museum of Archaeology, Peder Klows gate 31A, PB 8600 Forus, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
Spassimir Tonkov
Laboratory of Palynology, Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tsankov blvd., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
Irena Agnieszka Pidek
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, al. Krasnicka 2d, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
Joanna Święta-Musznicka
Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Ecology, Laboratory of Palaeoecology and Archaeobotany, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Marcelina Zimny
Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Sportowa 19, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
Eliso Kvavadze
Georgian National Museum, Purtseladze Str.3, Tbilisi 5, 0105, Georgia
Anna Filbrandt-Czaja
Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Geobotany and Landscape Planning, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, ul. Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Martina Hättestrand
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Nurgül Karlıoğlu Kılıç
Department of Forest Botany, Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Bahçeköy, 34473, Istanbul, Turkey
Jana Kosenko
Department of Higher Plants, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, 12, Moscow, 119234, Russia
Maria Nosova
Main Botanical Garden RAS, Botanicheskaya, 4, Moscow, 127276, Russia
Elena Severova
Department of Higher Plants, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, 12, Moscow, 119234, Russia
Olga Volkova
Department of Higher Plants, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, 12, Moscow, 119234, Russia
Margrét Hallsdóttir
Laugarnesvegi 87 íbúð 105, 105 Reykjavík, Iceland
Laimdota Kalniņa
Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, 1004, Riga, Latvia
Agnieszka M. Noryśkiewicz
Institute of Archeology, Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Szosa Bydgoska 44/48, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Bożena Noryśkiewicz
Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Heather Pardoe
Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, UK
Areti Christodoulou
Department of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, P.O. Box 24136, 1701 Nicosia, Cyprus
Tiiu Koff
Tallinn University, School of Natural Sciences and Health, Institute of Ecology, Uus Sadama 5, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia
Sonia L. Fontana
Cátedra de Palinilogía, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, Calle 64 no. 3, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Faculty of Resource Management, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Büsgenweg 1a, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Teija Alenius
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (Department of Archaeology), University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
Elisabeth Isaksson
Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
Heikki Seppä
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Gustav Hällströmin katu 2, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Siim Veski
Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, TalTech, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Anna Pędziszewska
Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Ecology, Laboratory of Palaeoecology and Archaeobotany, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Martin Weiser
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague, Czech Republic
Thomas Giesecke
Palaeoecology, Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
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We present a continental dataset of pollen accumulation rates (PARs) collected by pollen traps. This absolute measure of pollen rain (grains cm−2 yr−1) has a positive relationship to current vegetation and latitude. Trap and fossil PARs have similar values within one region, so it opens up possibilities for using fossil PARs to reconstruct past changes in plant biomass and primary productivity. The dataset is available in the Neotoma Paleoecology Database.
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