Spatio-temporal patterns in Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation and climate of Finnmark, northernmost Europe

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. (2013) 'Spatio-temporal patterns in late-glacial and Holocene vegetation and climate of Finnmark, northernmost Europe.', Quaternary science reviews., 70 . pp. 158-175. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.006 Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Quaternary Science Reviews. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Quaternary Science Reviews, 70, 2013Reviews, 70, , 10.1016Reviews, 70, /j.quascirev.2013 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Further work on precisely-dated marine sediment cores will be necessary to understand the factors leading to the periodic and longer-term variations in strength of the North Cape Current.

Holocene floristic diversity and richness in northeast Norway revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) and pollen

“…a BP (Hyvärinen ; Seppä ; Huntley et al . ) that probably reflected Early and Middle Holocene summer warmth, but demonstrates a probable lag in response, compared to aquatic taxa. Maximum Betula influx rates (~1300–8300 grains cm −2 a −1 ; Table S4) are also observed during this interval c .…”

“…Pollen percentage and influx values have been used to track tree‐line fluctuations across northeast Finnmark in response to Holocene climate changes (Hyvärinen ; Hicks ; Seppä ; Hicks & Hyvärinen ; Høeg ; Huntley et al . ). During the regional Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM; 8000–6000 cal.…”

“…; Huntley et al . ), the ecotonal boundaries between Pinus and Betula forests and Betula forest with low shrub‐tundra had more northerly positions (Høeg ). In contrast to tree‐line dynamics, less is known about the development and composition of the shrub and herb communities of northern Fennoscandia and their response to Holocene climate changes.…”

Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway

“…Still, it is reasonable to believe that summer temperature is the main limiting factor. Evidence that Finnmarksvidda was most likely covered by forests in warmer periods during the Holocene (Høeg 2000, Seppä & Hicks 2006, Huntley et al 2013) support this view. There is already a general trend towards more forest cover on Finnmarksvidda.…”

The big data revolution and paleoecology

“…there are regional analyses (e.g. Huntley et al 2013) and some global analyses of paleoecological data sets (e.g. Daniau et al 2012).…”