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The Late-Glacial infill of three lake successions in The Netherlands: Regional vegetational history in relation to NW European vegetational developments |
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| Authors: | SJOERD BOHNCKE LEX WIJMSTRA JAN VAN DER WOUDE HENNY SOHL |
| Institution: | Free University, Institute of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands;University of Amsterdam, Hogo de Vries Laboratorium, Section Palynology and Palae/Actuoecology, Sarphatistraat 221, 1018 BX Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Pollen analyses of three Late Weichselian Late-Glacial lake sediment successions provided a basis for the construction of pollen assemblage zones for The Netherlands. Special attention is paid to the behaviours of Populus in the Alleröd boreal forest. Some aspects of the autecology of Juniperus and Hippohaë and the dynamics of birch and pine forests are discussed in the light of the observed succession. The Late-Glacial vegetational succession in The Netherlands is compared with data published for neighbouring NW European countries. It is concluded that differences in precipitation (snow cover) along a west-east transect to a great extent determined the inferred differences in vegetational development. |
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