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Twentieth-century ecological disasters in central European monoculture pine plantations led to critical transitions in peatlands
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Mariusz Lamentowicz
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Piotr Kołaczek
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Daria Wochal
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Michał Jakubowicz
Isotope Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Luke Andrews
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Katarzyna Marcisz
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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We integrated palaeoecological and geochemical data to discern the impact of catastrophic events on the development of peatlands within pine monocultures. An approach that integrates these methods is not commonly employed but offers a more comprehensive understanding of past ecosystem transformations. We used multi-proxy research of the peat core and neodymium isotope record. We support the results of our analyses with the recognition of statistically significant critical transitions.
We integrated palaeoecological and geochemical data to discern the impact of catastrophic events...
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