ALNUS VIRIDIS A SENSITIVE SNOWFALL INDICATOR FOR PAST OCEANIC TIMBERLINES IN THE ALPS

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Published: May 17, 2018
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European Alps, Holocene, Alnus viridis, pollen accumulation rate, eHOF models, palaeoclimate

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Giulia Furlanetto
Bicocca, Dept. of Environmental and Earth Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy - IDPA - CNR, Res. Group on Vegetation, Climate and Human Stratigraphy, Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeoecology, Milano, Italy
Cesare Ravazzi
IDPA - CNR, Res. Group on Vegetation, Climate and Human Stratigraphy, Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeoecology, Milano, Italy
Michele Brunetti
ISAC - CNR, Bologna, Italy
Lorena Garozzo
IDPA - CNR, Res. Group on Vegetation, Climate and Human Stratigraphy, Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeoecology, Milano, Italy

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We analyse the modern ecological response of mountain alder (Alnus viridis) pollen proportions (%) to climatic parameters along altitudinal gradients in two contrasting climate regions of the European Alps and calculate pollen accumulation rates (PAR) to detect the effect of snowmelt runoff. We also compare independent sediment proxies for alluvial events in a high-altitude site of the outer Italian Alps (Armentarga peat bog, 2345 m a.s.l.), which was selected to investigate Alnus viridis response in the last 11000 years. European Alps

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Furlanetto, Giulia, Cesare Ravazzi, Michele Brunetti, and Lorena Garozzo , trans. 2018. “ALNUS VIRIDIS A SENSITIVE SNOWFALL INDICATOR FOR PAST OCEANIC TIMBERLINES IN THE ALPS”. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 31 (May): 131-34. https://amq.aiqua.it/index.php/amq/article/view/202.
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Vol. 31 (2018): "Quaternary: Past, Present, Future - AIQUA Conference 2018"
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