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Variations in pollen deposition of the main taxa forming the land cover along a NW–SE transect in European Russia: results of a ten year Tauber trap monitoring period

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Annual pollen accumulation rates of the main tree and shrub taxa of European Russia (Picea, Pinus, Betula, Alnus, Quercus, Tilia, Fraxinus, Ulmus and Corylus), as well as several herbaceous taxa (Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Artemisia), were obtained using Tauber pollen traps which were placed along a northwest to southeast transect in European Russia. The work was carried out within the framework of the Pollen Monitoring Programme (PMP). The data were analysed using both traditional interpretations of PAR (pollen accumulation rate) values and numerical methods (linear regressions and canonical correspondence analysis, CCA). The various vegetation zones: broadleaved-coniferous forest, broadleaved forest and forest-steppe, differ from each other by the absolute pollen values (PARs) of forest-forming taxa and several wind-pollinated herbs. However, no statistical support for zonal differentiation based on these PARs has been found. The only obvious difference was observed between the forest zone and the forest-steppe. The climatic gradient along the NW–SE transect is reflected by changes in pollen values, but is smoothed due to human influence during past centuries and as a consequence of the dominance of secondary vegetation formations. The highest total PAR, as well as PARs of all the forest-forming taxa, was observed in the southern part of the mixed broadleaved-coniferous forest zone (RU-ZV). The PARs of thermophilic taxa (Tilia, Fraxinus, Acer, Ulmus, Quercus and Corylus), as well as of Picea correspond to warmth availability which is under the influence of a combination of latitude, continentality of climate and microclimatic conditions. According to linear regressions, Picea, Tilia, Quercus and Corylus PARs correspond to Tjul, the July temperature of the previous season. Canonical correspondence analysis indicates that temperature, in particular Tjul, is the main climatic parameter controlling the variation of modern pollen rain.

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We thank Svetlana Igosheva and the staff of Polistovsky Reserve (Пoлиcтoвcкий зaпoвeдник), Nikolai Potemkin, Anatoly Zheltukhin and the staff of the Central Forest State Natural Reserve (Цeнтpaльнo-Лecнoй гocyдapcтвeнный зaпoвeдник), and Oksana Cherednichenko, Elena Volkova, and Olga Burova for their help in the field. We also thank Anneli Poska for discussions and critical comments on the manuscript. This study was carried out in accordance with institutional research project No 18–118021490111-5 and Poccийcкий фoнд фyндaмeнтaльныx иccлeдoвaний (the Russian Foundation for Basic Research), project 17–04-01034.

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  2. Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turun yliopisto, Turku, 20014, Finland

    Olga V. Lisitsyna

  3. Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 12, Moscow, 119234, Russia

    Olga A. Volkova & Elena E. Severova

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Nosova, M.B., Lisitsyna, O.V., Volkova, O.A. et al. Variations in pollen deposition of the main taxa forming the land cover along a NW–SE transect in European Russia: results of a ten year Tauber trap monitoring period. Veget Hist Archaeobot 29, 699–716 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-020-00775-1

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