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A method for reconstructing temporal changes in vegetation functional trait composition using Holocene pollen

Fabio Carvalho¹, Kerry A Brown¹, Martyn P Waller¹

¹Department of Geography and Geology, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.

|May 30, 2019

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Reconstructing plant functional traits from Holocene pollen records is now possible. This method helps understand past environmental changes and their impact on ecosystem processes like biomass accumulation.

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Area of Science:

Paleoecology
Plant Trait Ecology
Quaternary Science

Background:

Understanding long-term plant trait changes is crucial for assessing environmental impacts on ecosystems.
Holocene pollen records are valuable for vegetation history but rarely analyzed for functional traits.
Functional traits influence ecosystem processes and species fitness.

Purpose of the Study:

To reconstruct vegetation functional dynamics in fen peatlands using Holocene pollen data.
To assess the efficacy of using pollen assemblages to infer community-level plant traits.
To reconstruct temporal changes in plant traits over the Holocene.

Main Methods:

Combined modern pollen and vegetation data with Holocene pollen records.
Utilized linear mixed effects models to link pollen types to community-weighted mean (CWM) traits.
Applied reconstructed models to Holocene pollen sequences from England to infer trait composition.

Main Results:

Leaf nutrient traits (carbon and nitrogen) were more predictable from pollen data than leaf mass-area traits.
Relative pollen productivity (RPP) correction did not improve the pollen-vegetation trait relationship.
Reconstructed Holocene trait composition allows inferences on biomass accumulation and decomposition rates.

Conclusions:

It is feasible to reconstruct community-level plant trait trends from fossil pollen in wetland sediments.
Leaf nutrient traits are particularly promising for such reconstructions.
Further research is needed to refine pollen-plant abundance relationships and pollen source area considerations.