The representation of Proteaceae in modern pollen rain in species-rich vegetation communities in south-western Australia

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freea Itzstein-Davey
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Fossil Pollen ◽  
Quaternary Sediment ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Vegetation Communities ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Fossil Material ◽  
Pollen Rain

The Proteaceae family is a large Gondwanan plant family with a major centre of richness in south-western Australia. Modern pollen–vegetation relationships in the two areas of species richness in the northern and southern sandplains of south-western Australia were investigated to calibrate fossil-pollen studies concurrently conducted on Eocene, Pliocene and Quaternary sediment. Results indicated that the Proteaceae component in modern pollen rain can be quite high, contributing up to 50% of the count. Some sites showed a dominant type (such as Banksia–Dryandra), whilst others had up to six different genera represented. Exactly how and when the biodiversity of Proteaceae in south-western Australia developed is unknown. This work provides a benchmark for comparisons with studied fossil material to unravel patterns of diversity of this family in south-western Australia.

Deriving Response Matrices from Central American Modern Pollen Rain

2000 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark B. Bush
Keyword(s):  
Central American ◽  
Mean Annual Precipitation ◽  
Fossil Pollen ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Pollen Production ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Pollen Types ◽  
Pollen Rain ◽  
Pollen Records

Modern pollen samples collected from 80 locations and representing a wide array of mature habitats in Panama and Costa Rica provide analogs to assist in the interpretation of fossil pollen records. Pollen spectra accurately reflect changes in actual forest types. Upslope transport of pollen of anemophilous species is evident in the sparsely vegetated montane samples. However, the corresponding downslope transport of these prolific pollen producers is masked by local pollen production. Mean pollen representation across gradients of mean annual temperature (MAT; 4°C increments) and mean annual precipitation (MAP; 500 mm increments) for 17 pollen types are presented as response matrices. Although preliminary in nature, these response matrices present a clearer image of pollen representation than can be obtained by considering gradients of MAT or MAP alone.

Characterisation of Bolivian savanna ecosystems by their modern pollen rain and implications for fossil pollen records

2011 ◽  
Vol 164 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 223-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huw T. Jones ◽  
Francis E. Mayle ◽  
R. Toby Pennington ◽  
Timothy J. Killeen
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Pollen ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Pollen Rain ◽  
Pollen Records

Pollen Taphonomy in a Canyon Stream

1987 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia L. Fall
Keyword(s):  
Surface Soil ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Alluvial Deposits ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Pollen Types ◽  
Pollen Rain ◽  
Arid Steppe ◽  
Turbulent Water

AbstractSurface soil samples from the forested Chuska Mountains to the arid steppe of the Chinle Valley, Northeastern Arizona, show close correlation between modern pollen rain and vegetation. In contrast, modern alluvium is dominated by Pinus pollen throughout the canyon; it reflects neither the surrounding floodplain nor plateau vegetation. Pollen in surface soils is deposited by wind; pollen grains in alluvium are deposited by a stream as sedimentary particles. Clay-size particles correlate significantly with Pinus, Quercus, and Populus pollen. These pollen types settle, as clay does, in slack water. Chenopodiaceae-Amaranthus, Artemisia, other Tubuliflorae, and indeterminate pollen types correlate with sand-size particles, and are deposited by more turbulent water. Fluctuating pollen frequencies in alluvial deposits are related to sedimentology and do not reflect the local or regional vegetation where the sediments were deposited. Alluvial pollen is unreliable for reconstruction of paleoenvironments.

MODERN POLLEN RAIN STUDIES IN EASTERN ONTARIO

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. King ◽  
Ronald O. Kapp
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Pollen Trap ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Pollen Rain ◽  
Moss Polsters ◽  
Eastern Ontario

Moss polsters were collected at 15 sites between Toronto and Lake Timagami, Ontario, and at 4 localities in the Lake Timagami area for the purpose of determining the regional pollen rain and its local variations. Pollen percentages of Acer, Quercus, Ambrosia, Chenopodiaceae, Compositae, and Gramineae decrease northward and Picea, Pinus, and Betula increase at the more northerly sites. From the three most northern sites a regional pollen rain was calculated by averaging the percentages from nine pollen spectra. In this area the regional pollen rain is dominated by Picea (15%), Pinus (38%), and Betula (22%). At one site a grain of Ephedra was recovered, apparently carried in by long range drift. The nearest place that it grows naturally is in the southwestern United States. Various pollen trap types were investigated and it was found that all types of moss polsters and some types of decaying stumps (depending on their moisture-holding capacity) were effective in preserving the modern pollen rain.

scholarly journals Relación lluvia de polen-vetación en selvas de Quintana Roo

2017 ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald A. Islebe ◽  
Rogel Villanueva-Gutiérrez ◽  
Odilón Sánchez-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Pollen Data ◽  
Indicator Taxa ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Pollen Content ◽  
Ordination Techniques ◽  
Ordination Analysis ◽  
Pollen Rain

Modern pollen rain was studied along a 450 km long transect between Cancun-La Unión (Belizean border). Ten moss samples were collected in different vegetation types and analyzed for pollen content. The data were analyzed with classification (TWINSPAN), ordination analysis (DCA) and different association indices. Classification and ordination techniques allowed us to recognize three different pollen signals from semievergreen forest (with Maclura, Apocynaceae, Moraceae, Sapotaceae, Araceae, Cecropia, Celtis, Eugenia and Bursera), acahual (with con Coccoloba, Metopium, Anacardiaceae, Urticales, Melothria, Croton, Palmae) and disturbed vegetation (with Zea mays, Mimosa and Asteraceae ) . The degree of over-representation and underrepresentation of the pollen data with respect to the modem vegetation was established, being under-represented mostly entomophilous species. We can conclude that the actual pollen signal can be used for calibrating paleosignals, if clear groups of indicator taxa can be established.

Representativeness of tree diversity in the modern pollen rain of Andean montane forests

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nele Jantz ◽  
Jürgen Homeier ◽  
Hermann Behling
Keyword(s):  
Tree Diversity ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Modern Pollen ◽  
Pollen Rain

scholarly journals Large mammal species richness and late Quaternary precipitation change in south-western Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 760-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tyler Faith ◽  
Joe Dortch ◽  
Chelsea Jones ◽  
James Shulmeister ◽  
Kenny J. Travouillon
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Precipitation Change ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Large Mammal
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