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The Selection of Sites for Paleovegetational Studies1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

G. L. Jacobson Jr.  and
R. H. W. Bradshaw
G. L. Jacobson Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Institute for Quaternary Studies, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469
R. H. W. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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Abstract

The judicious selection of sites for paleovegetational and paleoclimatic studies permits paleoecologists to answer specific research questions that go beyond primary descriptions of past vegetation. We present a model that describes the relationship between basin size and pollen source area and predicts the proportions of local, extralocal, and regional pollen sampled by lake basins of different size. The distinctive sampling properties of lakes, peats, and small hollows can be exploited to provide details of pattern in paleovegetation so long as attention is given to the limitations and problems of these types of sites. Combinations of site types in a single study most fully exploit the information contained in sediments.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , July 1981 , pp. 80 - 96
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University of Washington

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The authors contributed equally to the paper.

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