Reconstructing human impact on peatland development during the past 200 years in CE Europe through biotic proxies and X-ray tomography

Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Mueller, Megan; Gałka, Mariusz; Barabach, Jan; Milecka, Krystyna; Goslar, Tomasz; Binkowski, Marcin

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.045

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“…Geomorphologically, this peatland is located in between the dune areas of the Noteć Forest within the drainage basin of the Warta and Noteć rivers. The past 200 years of paleoecology history of the peatland is described in detail in Lamentowicz et al [46].…”

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Hyplant-Derived Sun-Induced Fluorescence—A New Opportunity to Disentangle Complex Vegetation Signals from Diverse Vegetation Types

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Hyperspectral remote sensing (RS) provides unique possibilities to monitor peatland vegetation traits and their temporal dynamics at a fine spatial scale. Peatlands provide a vital contribution to ecosystem services by their massive carbon storage and wide heterogeneity. However, monitoring, understanding, and disentangling the diverse vegetation traits from a heterogeneous landscape using complex RS signal is challenging, due to its wide biodiversity and distinctive plant species composition. In this work, we aim to demonstrate, for the first time, the large heterogeneity of peatland vegetation traits using well-established vegetation indices (VIs) and Sun-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) for describing the spatial heterogeneity of the signals which may correspond to spatial diversity of biochemical and structural traits. SIF originates from the initial reactions in photosystems and is emitted at wavelengths between 650–780 nm, with the first peak at around 687 nm and the second peak around 760 nm. We used the first HyPlant airborne data set recorded over a heterogeneous peatland area and its surrounding ecosystems (i.e., forest, grassland) in Poland. We deployed a comparative analysis of SIF and VIs obtained from differently managed and natural vegetation ecosystems, as well as from diverse small-scale peatland plant communities. Furthermore, spatial relationships between SIF and VIs from large-scale vegetation ecosystems to small-scale peatland plant communities were examined. Apart from signal variations, we observed a positive correlation between SIF and greenness-sensitive VIs, whereas a negative correlation between SIF and a VI sensitive to photosynthesis was observed for large-scale vegetation ecosystems. In general, higher values of SIF were associated with higher biomass of vascular plants (associated with higher Leaf Area Index (LAI)). SIF signals, especially SIF760, were strongly associated with the functional diversity of the peatland vegetation. At the peatland area, higher values of SIF760 were associated with plant communities of high perennials, whereas, lower values of SIF760 indicated peatland patches dominated by Sphagnum. In general, SIF760 reflected the productivity gradient on the fen peatland, from Sphagnum-dominated patches with the lowest SIF and fAPAR values indicating lowest productivity to the Carex-dominated patches with the highest SIF and fAPAR values indicating highest productivity.

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Hyplant-Derived Sun-Induced Fluorescence—A New Opportunity to Disentangle Complex Vegetation Signals from Diverse Vegetation Types

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“…; Lamentowicz et al . ). Plant macrofossil analysis together with measurement of the degree of peat decomposition can be used as an indicator of changing hydrological conditions (Blackford & Chambers , ; Blackford ).…”

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Human‐affected disturbances in vegetation cover and peatland development in the late Holocene recorded in shallow mountain peatlands (Central Sudetes, SW Poland)

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Malkiewicz

Mendyk

et al. 2016

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The aim of this study is to assess the impact of biotic and abiotic factors on peatland formation in the Central Sudetes (central Europe) during the late Holocene. The research methodology adopted allowed us to determine whether vegetation development and shallow peatland formation were affected by human activity. Knowledge of past changes might be useful in evaluating recent and future changes, and to avoid pitfalls in the present management of peatland ecosystems. A palaeoecological research study of four peatlands was conducted in the Stołowe Mountains (Central Sudetes, SW Poland). The results showed that these shallow peatlands originated in the middle to late Holocene (from 3301 BC to AD 1137). Palaeoecological records reflect continuous human impact on vegetation development and peat accumulation from the Middle Ages to the present (late Holocene). The strongest agrarian settler activity is observed in the High Middle Ages (AD 1200–1500). The human‐induced or wildfires observed in the late Holocene were an integral component of peatland ecosystems in the Central Sudetes. Moreover, palaeoecological analysis (sphagnum spores decline) and radiocarbon dating (AD 1870) confirmed drainage of the study area in the 19th century, which greatly affected the vegetation communities.

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“…It has been shown that human impact i.e, deforestation, drainage, deposition of pollution, agricultural practices such a mowing and grazing have led to changes in peatland hydrology, vegetation, microorganisms populations and biogeochmical processes (van Diggelen et al, 2006(van Diggelen et al, , 2015Lamentowicz et al, 2015b;Mettrop et al, 2014). However, it has also been shown that limited human activities e.g.…”

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Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years

Gałka

Auniņa

Feurdean

et al. 2017

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Reconstructing human impact on peatland development during the past 200 years in CE Europe through biotic proxies and X-ray tomography

Cited by 23 publications

References 74 publications

Hyplant-Derived Sun-Induced Fluorescence—A New Opportunity to Disentangle Complex Vegetation Signals from Diverse Vegetation Types

Hyplant-Derived Sun-Induced Fluorescence—A New Opportunity to Disentangle Complex Vegetation Signals from Diverse Vegetation Types

Human‐affected disturbances in vegetation cover and peatland development in the late Holocene recorded in shallow mountain peatlands (Central Sudetes, SW Poland)

Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years

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