Vegetation and landscape from 14th to 17th century AD in Marseille city centre, reconstructed from insect and pollen assemblages

Holocene environmental history of a small Mediterranean island in response to sea-level changes, climate and human impact

“…The beetle data alone should be interpreted with caution -and therefore compared with pollen data. Previous multiproxy studies have demonstrated a good agreement between both records (e.g., Hughes et al, 2000;Ponel et al, 2001Ponel et al, , 2014: monophagous or oligophagous beetles may confirm the local presence of plant taxa (e.g., Phytobius leucogaster) or reveal the presence of plant not indicated in the pollen record (e.g., Ficus carica), and both proxy may provide original information concerning local past human activities (e.g., dung dependent beetles and coprophilous spores).…”