The Holocene vegetation history of Lake Erhai, Yunnan province southwestern China: the role of climate and human forcings

The Holocene ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Shen ◽  
Richard T. Jones ◽  
Xiangdong Yang ◽  
John A. Dearing ◽  
Sumin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Vegetation History ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lake Erhai

The Holocene vegetation history of the Arfon Platform, North Wales, UK

Boreas ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH WATKINS ◽  
JAMES D. SCOURSE ◽  
JUDY R. M. ALLEN
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation History ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
North Wales ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals THE LATE HOLOCENE HISTORY OF VEGETATION OF THE ACCUMULATIVE PLAIN IN THE INNER PART OF THE USSURI BAY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
П.С. Белянин ◽  
Н.И. Белянина
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Climatic Fluctuations ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
History Of Vegetation ◽  
Broad Leaf ◽  
History Of

На основе палинологических данных, восстановлена история развития природной среды аккумулятивной равнины в кутовой части Уссурийского залива за последние 5350 кал. л. Определены особенности структуры растительного покрова в завершающую фазу оптимума голоцена, а также при разнонаправленных климатических флуктуациях позднего голоцена. В завершающую фазу оптимума голоцена широколиственные растения в горном обрамлении были распространены более широко, чем в настоящее время. На аккумулятивной равнине преобладали мелколиственные растительные сообщества с доминированием березы обыкновенной, гибридных берез и ольхи. Похолодание, начавшееся в конце среднего и продолжившееся в начале позднего голоцена, привело к сокращению в растительности широколиственных растений и более широкому распространению мелколиственных. В конце позднего голоцена в кутовой части Уссурийского залива сложились природные условия, обусловившие формирование современной структуры растительности. Based on the palynological data, the history of vegetation on the accumulative plain in the inner part of the Ussuri Bay was reconstructed. Features of the structure of the vegetation cover during the final phase of the Holocene optimum and at multidirectional climatic fluctuations in the Late Holocene were identified. Broad-leaf plants in the final phase of the Holocene were more widely-spread on the surrounding mountain than at present. On the accumulative plains grassy meadows with small-leaf plant communities dominated. Deterioration of natural conditions during the transition to the Late Holocene caused a decrease in vegetation of broad- leaved plants and in an increase in the role of small-plants. At the end of the Late Holocene natural conditions developed in the inner part of the Ussuri Bay, that conditioned the formation of the modern structure of vegetation.

In Reverse Order—The Third Pandemic First

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
Robert N. Wiedenmann ◽  
J. Ray Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Human Disease ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Reverse Order ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Maritime Trade ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

This chapter reviews the history of the human disease popularly known as plague, which has caused three major pandemics in the past two millennia, focusing on the most recent pandemic and the discovery of the insect that transmitted the disease. It begins with the Third Pandemic started in 1855, which began in Yunnan Province in southwestern China, an area rich in geological and biological diversity. Infections increased as the disease slowly spread to Hong Kong, where it reached epidemic levels in 1894. From there, maritime trade on steamships carried the plague to India, Australia, and then worldwide, to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The chapter describes how, while the pandemic raged, scientists investigated the cause of the disease, learning that bacteria carried by Oriental rat fleas and rats were responsible. This pandemic killed at least 15 million people, mostly in India, and continued for nearly a century.

scholarly journals Palaeoenvironmental changes and vegetation history of the northern Upper Rhine Graben (southwestern Germany) since the Lateglacial

2008 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A.A. Bos ◽  
R. Dambeck ◽  
A.J. Kalis ◽  
A. Schweizer ◽  
H. Thiemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation History ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Upper Rhine Graben ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Rhine Graben ◽  
Pollen Diagrams ◽  
History Of ◽  
Upper Rhine ◽  
Palaeoenvironmental Changes

AbstractThe vegetation of the northern Upper Rhine Graben (southwestern Germany) is reconstructed for the end of the Lateglacial and the Holocene by means of palynological analyses in combination with AMS 14c dating. Analogous to adjacent lowland areas, the Younger Dryas climatic deterioration did not result in a complete deforestation of the area and open pine woodlands with locally birch stands and shrubs persisted. A subdivision of the Younger Dryas period, into a humid first phase, followed by a dry second phase was also reflected in our records. For the Holocene, the pollen diagrams show two regionally different vegetation developments, related to substrate and variations in annual precipitation: in the south the ‘classical’ succession of pine then hazel is followed by other deciduous trees, whereas in the northern part, pine kept its dominance far into the Subboreal.

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