From pristine forests to high-altitude pastures: an ecological approach to prehistoric human impact on vegetation and landscapes in the western Italian Alps

1. This paper addresses the origin and development of the oldest prehistoric pasture in the timberline ecotone known so far in the Alps and its relation to anthropogenic pressure and natural climate change. 2. Palaeoecological and geochemical techniques were applied on the Crotte Basse mire stratigr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of ecology 2017-11, Vol.105 (6), p.1580-1597
Hauptverfasser:	Pini, Roberta, Ravazzi, Cesare, Raiteri, Luca, Guerreschi, Antonio, Castellano, Lorenzo, Comolli, Roberto
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	14C dating Alpine environments Anthropogenic factors Archaeological sites Archaeology Biological fertilization Change detection Charcoal Climate Climate change Climate variability Composition Contraction Copper Dung dung fungi Dynamics Ecosystems Environmental changes Exploitation Fertilization Fires Forest biomass Forest ecosystems Forests Geochemistry Habitat selection High altitude High-altitude environments Historic sites Human impact Human influences Human-environment relationship Land use Landscape landscape ecology Mires Natural resources nutrients Palaeoecology Palaeoecology and land-use history pastoralism Pasture Phosphorus Pine trees Pinus cembra Pollen Prehistoric era Pressure Probability theory Sequencing Spores Stone Age Stratigraphy subalpine forests Terrestrial ecosystems Timberline Vegetation Woody plants
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