Large Scale Anthropogenic Reduction of Forest Cover in Last Glacial Maximum Europe.

Reconstructions of the vegetation of Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) are an enigma. Pollen-based analyses have suggested that Europe was largely covered by steppe and tundra, and forests persisted only in small refugia. Climate-vegetation model simulations on the other hand have consist...

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Main Authors: Jed O Kaplan, Mirjam Pfeiffer, Jan C A Kolen, Basil A S Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5130213?pdf=render