TY - JOUR
AU1 - Liu, Kam-Biu
AU2 - Qiu, Hong-Lie
AU3 - 
AB - TAD, Vo1.5, No.3, 393-410, September 1994 Late-Holocene Pollen Records of Vegetational Changes in China: Climate or Human Disturbance? KAM-BIU LlUl and HONG-LIE QIUl (Manuscript in final form 23 March 1994) ABSTRACT Twelve C14 dated pollen records are reviewed to reconstruct the vege tational and climatic changes in China over the last 2000 years. The interpre- tion of these pollen data is complicated by uncertainties about the effects of human disturbance on the vegetation, which may not be easily distinguished from the climatic signal. The data for the period 0-2000 yr B.P. sugg, t a continuation or intensification of the cooling trend that had already started by 4000 yr B.P., accompanied by moisture changes that seem to have varied regionally. The Little Ice Age, albeit welldocumented from Chinese historical records, is poorly registered palynologically. A new pollen record from e Daiyun Moun of subtropical southeastern China yields the most dramatic evidence of deforestation due to human disturbance occurring around 1100 yr B.P. Because of e long history of Chinese civilization, the impact of human activities should be carefully evaluated in making climatic inferences from Chin e pollen records. (Key words: Palynology, Paleoclimate, Lake sediments, China, Human disturbance, Vegetation) 1. INTRODUCTION 
TI - Late-Holocene Pollen Records of Vegetational Changes in China:Climate or Human Disturbance ?
JF - Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
DO - 10.3319/tao.1994.5.3.393(pages)
DA - 1994-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/late-holocene-pollen-records-of-vegetational-changes-in-china-climate-DDWOomBWed
DP - DeepDyve
ER -