Search Results - "Finsinger, Walter"

Patterns and dynamics of European vegetation change over the last 15,000 years by Giesecke, Thomas, Brewer, Simon, Finsinger, Walter, Leydet, Michelle, Bradshaw, Richard H.W.

“…Aim: Palaeoecological reconstructions document past vegetation change, with estimates of fast shifts in species distributions. The resulting rates of plant…”
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New insights on stomata analysis of European conifers 65 years after the pioneering study of Werner Trautmann (1953) by Finsinger, Walter, Tinner, Willy

“…Conifer-stomata analysis is an essential part of the palaeoecological toolbox because it allows the determination of the local presence of plant populations…”
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Emergence patterns of novelty in European vegetation assemblages over the past 15 000 years by Finsinger, Walter, Giesecke, Thomas, Brewer, Simon, Leydet, Michelle, Williams, John

“…Plant communities are not stable over time and biological novelty is predicted to emerge due to climate change, the introduction of exotic species and land‐use…”
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Early to late Holocene vegetation and fire dynamics at the treeline in the Maritime Alps by Finsinger, Walter, Vanel, Quentin, Ribolini, Adriano, Tinner, Willy

“…We used pollen, plant macrofossil, and charcoal records to investigate local long-term timberline shifts and changes in vegetation composition in relation to…”
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Reconstructing Holocene landscape and environmental changes at Lago Rogaguado, Bolivian Amazon by Giesche, Alena, Lombardo, Umberto, Finsinger, Walter, Veit, Heinz

“…We performed geochemical analyses of two lake sediment cores (1.25 and 1.5 m long) from Lago Rogaguado, which is a large (315 km 2 ) and shallow lake in the…”
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Changes in the vegetation and water cycle of the Ecuadorian páramo during the last 5000 years by Ledru, Marie-Pierre, Aquino-Alfonso, Olga, Finsinger, Walter, Samaniego, Pablo, Hidalgo, Silvana

“…We analyzed changes in the long-term vegetation cover and in fire activity over the past 5000 years in the Ecuadorian páramo using a sediment core from…”
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Youngest Iberian Holocene volcanic eruptions and paleoenvironmental evolution of a barrier-paleolake in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Spain) by Iriarte, Eneko, Revelles, Jordi, Finsinger, Walter, Mesquita-Joanes, Francesc, Rodrigo, Maria A., Burjachs, Francesc, Expósito, Isabel, Marti Molist, Joan, Planagumà, Llorenç, Alcalde, Gabriel, Saña, María

“…Volcanic eruptions are key drivers of climate variability, with complex environmental consequences at regional and local scales that are rarely documented in…”
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The role of fire disturbances, human activities and climate change for long-term forest dynamics in upper-montane forests of the central Dinaric Alps by Cagliero, Eleonora, Paradis, Laure, Marchi, Niccolò, Lisztes-Szabó, Zsuzsa, Braun, Mihály, Hubay, Katalin, Sabatier, Pierre, Čurović, Milić, Spalevic, Velibor, Motta, Renzo, Lingua, Emanuele, Finsinger, Walter

“…We present the first high-resolution Holocene pollen, plant-macrofossil, and charcoal records from the upper-montane zone in the central Dinaric Alps. Drawing…”
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Minimum count sums for charcoal concentration estimates in pollen slides: accuracy and potential errors by Finsinger, Walter, Tinner, Willy

“…Charcoal particles in pollen slides are often abundant, and thus analysts are faced with the problem of setting the minimum counting sum as small as possible…”
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Socio-ecological impact of monogenetic volcanism in the La Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Iberia) by Revelles, Jordi, Martí Molist, Joan, Burjachs, Francesc, Finsinger, Walter, Iriarte, Eneko, Mesquita-Joanes, Francesc, Pla-Rabés, Sergi, Planagumà, Llorenç, Rodrigo, Maria A., Alcalde, Gabriel, Saña, Maria

“…Volcanism can cause major impacts, including climate change and mass extinctions. However, the impact of monogenetic volcanism is often considered as limited…”
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Effect of increased fire activity on global warming in the boreal forest by Oris, France, Asselin, Hugo, Ali, Adam A., Finsinger, Walter, Bergeron, Yves

“…Forest fires are an important disturbance in the boreal forest. They are influenced by climate, weather, topography, vegetation, surface deposits, and human…”
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Holocene treeline and timberline changes in the South Carpathians (Romania): Climatic and anthropogenic drivers on the southern slopes of the Retezat Mountains by Vincze, Ildikó, Orbán, Ildikó, Birks, Hilary H, Pál, Ilona, Finsinger, Walter, Hubay, Katalin, Marinova, Elena, Jakab, Gusztáv, Braun, Mihály, Biró, Tamás, Tóth, Mónika, Dănău, Claudia, Ferencz, Iosif V, Magyari, Enikő K

“…Two high-altitude lake-sediment sequences (Lake Lia, 1910 m a.s.l. and Lake Bucura, 2040 m a.s.l.) from the Retezat Mountains (South Carpathians, Romania) were…”
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Assessing paleo-biodiversity using low proxy influx by Blarquez, Olivier, Finsinger, Walter, Carcaillet, Christopher

“…We developed an algorithm to improve richness assessment based on paleoecological series, considering sample features such as their temporal resolutions or…”
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Late-glacial and Holocene European pollen data by Brewer, Simon, Giesecke, Thomas, Davis, Basil A. S., Finsinger, Walter, Wolters, Steffen, Binney, Heather, de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis, Fyfe, Ralph, Gil-Romera, Graciela, Kühl, Norbert, Kuneš, Petr, Leydet, Michelle, Bradshaw, Richard H.

“…The European Pollen Database (EPD) is a community effort to archive and make available pollen sequences from across the European continent. Pollen sequences…”
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Old-growth forests in the Dinaric Alps of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro: a continental hot-spot for research and biodiversity by Motta, Renzo, Alberti, Giorgio, Ascoli, Davide, Berretti, Roberta, Bilic, Srdjan, Bono, Alessia, Milic, Curovic, Vojislav, Dukić, Finsinger, Walter, Garbarino, Matteo, Govedar, Zoran, Keren, Srdjan, Meloni, Fabio, Ruffinatto, Flavio, Nola, Paola

“…Introduction According to various censuses, Europe has less than 1.5 million ha of old-growth forests (OGF). Most of them are in the boreal zone, while their…”
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Climate change during the past 1000 years: a high-temporal-resolution multiproxy record from a mire in northern Finland by Finsinger, Walter, Schoning, Kristian, Hicks, Sheila, Lücke, Andreas, Goslar, Tomasz, Wagner-cremer, Friederike, Hyyppä, Heidi

“…We present a record of peatland development in relation to climate changes and human activities from the Palomaa mire, a remote site in northern Finland. We…”
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Migration and population expansion of Abies, Fagus, Picea, and Quercus since 15000 years in and across the Alps, based on pollen-percentage threshold values by van der Knaap, W.O., van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F.N., Finsinger, Walter, Gobet, Erika, Pini, Roberta, Schweizer, Astrid, Valsecchi, Verushka, Ammann, Brigitta

“…Aims: The aim of this study is to explore the migration (colonization of new areas) and subsequent population expansion (within an area) since 15 ka cal BP of…”
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A long-term multi-proxy record of varved sediments highlights climate-induced mixing-regime shift in a large hard-water lake ~5000 years ago by Finsinger, Walter, Fonville, Thierry, Kirilova, Emiliya, Lami, Andrea, Guilizzoni, Piero, Lotter, André F.

“…The long-term terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem dynamics spanning between approximately 6200 and 4800 cal BP were investigated using pollen, diatoms, pigments,…”
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Evidence of changing intrinsic water-use efficiency under rising atmospheric CO₂ concentrations in Boreal Fennoscandia from subfossil leaves and tree ring δ¹³C ratios by GAGEN, MARY, FINSINGER, WALTER, WAGNER-CREMER, FRIEDERIKE, MCCARROLL, DANNY, LOADER, NEIL J, ROBERTSON, IAIN, JALKANEN, RISTO, YOUNG, GILES, KIRCHHEFER, ANDREAS

“…Investigating the many internal feedbacks within the climate system is a vital component of the effort to quantify the full effects of future anthropogenic…”
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Exceptionally high levels of lead pollution in the Balkans from the Early Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution by Longman, Jack, Veres, Daniel, Finsinger, Walter, Ersek, Vasile

“…The Balkans are considered the birthplace of mineral resource exploitation and metalworking in Europe. However, since knowledge of the timing and extent of…”
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