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The palaeoecological history of the Praz-Rodet bog (Swiss Jura) based on pollen, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae (Protozoa)

Auteur(s)
Mitchell, Edward 
Institut de biologie 
van der Knaap, W. O.
van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F.N.
Buttler, Alexandre
Warner, Barry G.
Gobat, Jean-Michel 
Institut de biologie 
Date de parution
2001
In
The Holocene, SAGE, 2001/11/1/65-80
Mots-clés
  • pollen
  • plant macrofossils
  • testate amoebae
  • Lateglacial
  • Holocene
  • peat bog
  • human impact
  • Pinus rotundata
  • Switzerland
  • pollen

  • plant macrofossils

  • testate amoebae

  • Lateglacial

  • Holocene

  • peat bog

  • human impact

  • Pinus rotundata

  • Switzerland

Résumé
Stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating and analyses of pollen, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae were used to reconstruct the development and ecology of a small raised bog in a karst-dominated landscape in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Special focus was on past vegetation and on the history of <i>Pinus rotundata</i> in relation to anthropogenic and climatic influences. Testate amoebae were used to reconstruc-t past local soil pH and water-table depth. The inferred development of the Praz-Rodet bog typifies a classic hydroseral tefrestrialization of a small basin. Two features are specific for this site. First, the bog was much wetter than today for a long period; according to our hypothesis, this only changed as a consequence of human activities. Second, two hiatuses are present at the coring location (Younger Dryas--early Preboreal, and 4700-2800 cal. yr BP), the former probably caused by low lake productivity due to cold temperatures and the latter by the erosional activity of the adjacent small river. The date of 2800 cal. yr BP for renewed peat accumulation may be related to climatic change (Subboreal-Subatlantic transition). Pollen indicators failed to show one hiatus: an apparently complete pollen sequence is therefore no guarantee of an uninterrupted sediment accumulation. Evidence of early minor human impact on the vegetation in the Joux Valley dates back to c. 6850 calendar years, congruous with the early Neolithic in the Jura Mountains. The history of <i>Pinuis rotindata</i> appears to be more complex than previously believed. Human activity is clearly responsible for the present abundance of this species, but the tree was naturally present on the bog long before the first evidence of important human disturbance of the site (1500 cal. yr BP). It is suggested that, in karst-dominated landscapes, dense forests growing on mineral soils around raised bogs may significantly reduce summer evapotranspiration by acting as windbreaks. Forest clearance results in increased evapotranspiration, causing a lowering of the water table on the bog and a modification of the vegetation cover. This hypothesis has implications for the management of similar small raised bogs in karst-dominated landscape.
Identifiants
https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/14500
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10.1191/095968301671777798
Type de publication
journal article
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 main article: Mitchell_E._A._D._-_The_palaeoecological_history_of_the_20100122.pdf (12.76 MB)
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