CHUH YONEBAYASHI
   Department   Department of Environment Systems, Faculty of Geo-Environmental Science
   Position   Professor
Language Japanese
Publication Date 2023/12/25
Type
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title Long-term changes in mire vegetation since 915 CE reconstructed from plot-based pollen and vegetation analysis
Contribution Type
Journal Vegetation Science
Journal TypeJapan
Publisher The Society of Vegetation Science
Volume, Issue, Page pp.21-31
Details The aim of this study was to reconstruct millennium-scale changes in mire vegetation. Local components determined by plot-based pollen and vegetation analysis represent the positions of local plants and the mire margin. The components allowed reconstruction of the changes in the local vegetation and the areal extent of a montane oligotrophic mire, Mae-yachi Mire, in 915 CE. The mire was drier and species such as Vaccinium oxycoccus, Andromeda polifolia, Sanguisorba tenuifolia and Sieversia pentapetala were more common. It has changed to a wetter one with abundant Sphagnum species. The extent of the mire has advanced more than 5 m, although the margin around the eastern end has been stable. The comparison between four mires in the same area showed that they had different vegetation histories during the last millennium.