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- Title
Relative Pollen Productivity Estimates for Major Plant Taxa in Middle Subtropical China.
- Authors
Wan, Qiuchi; Huang, Kangyou; Chen, Cong; Tang, Yongjie; Zhang, Xiao; Zhang, Zhong; Zheng, Zhuo
- Abstract
Relative pollen productivity (RPP) is a key parameter for quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation cover. However, RPP estimates are rarely obtained in the subtropical and tropical regions. In this study, the extended R-value (ERV) model was used to estimate RPP for major plant taxa in the evergreen broadleaved and mixed forests in middle subtropical China based on soil samples and vegetation data from 23 sites. The best result was obtained with the combinations of ERV sub-model 3 and Prentice's or 1/d vegetation distance-weighting method. The relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) of the soil samples was estimated to be ca. 500 m. RPP on the basis of ERV sub-model 3 and Prentice's model was obtained for seven taxa and the ranking is as follows: Castanopsis (1 ± 0), Ilex (0.352 ± 0.031), Mallotus (0.221 ± 0.028), Liquidambar (0.115 ± 0.007), Cyclobalanopsis (0.107 ± 0.006), Camelia (0.033 ± 0.001), Symplocos (0.010 ± 0.002). RPPs for Cyclobalanopsis, Camelia, Ilex, and Symplocos which are dominant elements in the subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests were first obtained. Our result demonstrates a significant effect of pollen dispersal models on the estimates of RPPs. The RPPs obtained in this study provide an important basis for quantitative vegetation reconstruction in the subtropical region of China.
- Subjects
CHINA; POLLEN; POLLEN dispersal; MIXED forests; GROUND vegetation cover; SOIL sampling
- Publication
Land (2012), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 7, p1337
- ISSN
2073-445X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/land12071337