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    Microscopic fungi as subfossil woodland indicators

    Lageard, JGA and Ryan, PA (2013) Microscopic fungi as subfossil woodland indicators. The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change, 23 (7). pp. 990-1001. ISSN 0959-6836

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    Abstract

    An in situ subfossil oak trunk located on the Lancashire coastal plain in northwest England provided a unique opportunity for a detailed multiproxy investigation attempting to link precisely macrofossil evidence for a palaeowoodland to its microfossil depositional record. Dendrochronological analyses revealed that the tree died shortly after 4189 bc and that it was part of a mire-rooting woodland between 4433 and 4165 bc. Rising water levels are implicated in prolonged growth restrictions evident in this woodland and inferred subsequent widespread tree mortality. The novelty of the research reported here is in the use of microscopic fungal indicators to identify precisely a stratigraphic horizon that can be correlated with this specific palaeoecological event, providing a routine method for future correlations of macro- and microfossil records.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 31 Mar 2022 12:33
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Additional Information: This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of an article published in The Holocene by SAGE.
    Divisions: Faculties > Science and Engineering
    Research Centres > Ecology and Environment Research Centre
    Subject terms: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Geography, Physical, Geosciences, Multidisciplinary, Physical Geography, Geology, dendrochronology, microscopic fungi, northwest England, pollen analysis, Quercus spp, ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE, PINUS-SYLVESTRIS, DOCUMENT CLIMATE, RAISED-BOG, POLLEN, NETHERLANDS, SECTION, HISTORY, CHARCOAL, REMAINS, dendrochronology, microscopic fungi, northwest England, pollen analysis, Quercus spp, 0403 Geology, 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, 2101 Archaeology, Paleontology
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/629197
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612475145
    ISSN 0959-6836
    e-ISSN 1477-0911

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