Origin and contrasting succession pathways of the Western Carpathian calcareous fens revealed by plant and mollusc macrofossils

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Authors

HÁJKOVÁ Petra HORSÁK Michal HÁJEK Michal LACINA Adam BUCHTOVÁ Hana PELÁNKOVÁ Barbora

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Boreas
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00263.x
Field Ecology
Keywords succession; fens; multi-proxy
Description Using plant macrofossil and mollusc analyses of 50 basal samples and three representative profiles we illustrate the most common developmental types of calcareous fens: (i) fens originating in the Lateglacial, having an open or semi-open character during the whole Holocene; (ii) open fens originating as wooded wetlands; and (iii) open fens starting their development de novo in the late Holocene. Human activities were responsible for the formation of a high number of calcareous fens, especially in the Outer Western Carpathians, and became important drivers of fen biodiversity development. Only a few recently existing calcareous fens contain old sequences of calcareous deposits.
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