Vegetation and Fire Dynamics in the South-Eastern Meshchera During the Holocene: Reconstruction from Paleoecological Data
https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607121030034
Abstract
The article presents new results of paleoecological studies in the South-Eastern part of the Meshchera Lowlands. Reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation and fires dynamics were based on radiocarbon dating, pollen analysis and LOI measurements of a peat deposits in the Kapel’ka mire, located in the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region. The obtained data show that between 9700–8000 cal. years BP the study area was occupied by birch-pine forests, apparently maintained in this part of the Meshchera Lowlands since the beginning of the Holocene. The high frequency of natural and human-induced fires was determined for this period. During the period of 8000–4000 cal. years BP, the regional vegetation included a combination of broad-leaved and pine forests with an undergrowth of hazel, birchpine forests and floodplain woodlands with alder. During this time the frequency of fires has significantly decreased. In the period of 4000–300 cal. years BP, broad-leaved forests were most widespread, and spruce forests expanded into the Meshchera Lowlands. About 1200 cal. years BP, the increased frequency of fires had led to an increase in tree-less areas. The vegetation of the last 300 years is represented by secondary spruce-pine-birch forests and agricultural land. The significant changes of vegetation has occurred due to human influence in the Neolithic time (about 8500 cal. years BP), in the early Slavic period (about 1200 cal. years BP) and during the last 300 years.
About the Authors
V. A. Batalova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. G. Mazei
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
References
1. Abramova T.A. Antropogennoe vozdejstvie na landshafty central’noj Meshchyory v golocene (po palinologicheskim dannym) // Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 5. Geografiya. 1999. № 1. S. 47–51.
2. Abramova T.A., D’yakonov K.N. Specifika golocenovyh smen landshaftov Meshchyory // Palinologiya v Rossii. Vyp. 2. M.: Izd. Nacional’nogo komiteta geologov Rossii, 1995. S. 5–11.
3. Annenskaya G.N., Mamaj I.I., Cesel’chuk Yu.N. Landshafty Ryazanskoj Meshchyory i vozmozhnosti ih osvoeniya. M.: Izd-vo Mosk. un-ta, 1983. 246 s.
4. Arheologicheskaya karta Rossii: Ryazanskaya oblast’ / Pod red. Yu.A. Krasnova. M.: In-t arheologii RAN, 1993. Ch. 1. 260 s.
5. Aseev A.A. Paleogeografiya doliny srednej i nizhnej Oki v chetvertichnyj period. M.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1959. 201 s.
6. Aseev A.A., Vedenskaya N.E. Razvitie rel’efa Meshchyorskoj nizmennosti. M.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1962. 128 s.
7. Bolihovskaya N.S. K istorii rastitel’nosti i klimata Podmoskovnoj Meshchyory v golocene // Paleoklimaty golocena evropejskoj territorii SSSR. M.: Nauka, 1988. S. 76–85.
8. Vorob’eva L.A. Himicheskij analiz pochv. M.: Izd-vo Mosk. un-ta, 1998. 324 s.
9. Gromcev A.N. Osnovy landshaftnoj ekologii evropejskih tayozhnyh lesov Rossii. Petrozavodsk: KarNC RAN, 2008. 238 s.
10. D’yakonov K.N., Abramova T.A. Itogi paleolandshaftnyh issledovanij v Central’noj Meshchyore // Izv. RGO. 1998. T. 130. V. 4. S. 10–21.
11. D’yakonov K.N., Novenko E.Yu., Mironenko I.V., Kupriyanov D.A., Bobrovskij M.V. Rol’ pozharov v dinamike landshaftov yugo-vostochnoj Meshchyory v golocene // Dokl. AN. 2017. T. 477. № 2. S. 233–239.
12. Ivanov A.N. Bolotnye geosistemy Central’noj Meshchyory // Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 5. Geografiya. 1995. № 5. S. 86–94.
13. Kupriyanova L.A., Aleshina L.A. Pyl’ca dvudol’nyh rastenij flory Evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Lamiaceae-Zygophyllaceae. L.: Nauka, 1978. 183 s.
14. Kupriyanov D.A., Novenko E.Yu. Rekonstrukciya dinamiki lesnyh pozharov Central’noj Meshchyory v golocene (po dannym paleoantrakologicheskogo analiza) // Sibirskij ekologicheskij zhurn. 2019. № 3. S. 253–263.
15. Mamaj I.I., Annenskaya G.N. Landshafty Ryazanskoj Meshchyory i ih proiskhozhdenie // Prirodnye usloviya i resursy Meshchyory, ih melioraciya i ispol’zovanie. M.: Mosk. filial GO SSSR, 1980. S. 1–13.
16. Matasov V.M. Vnutrilandshaftnaya dinamika ispol’zovaniya zemel’ Meshchyorskoj nizmennosti za poslednie 250 let // Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 5. Geografiya. 2017. № 4. S. 65–74.
17. Mongajt A.L. Ryazanskaya zemlya. M.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1961. 400 s.
18. Nikolaev V.A. Pamyat’ landshafta // Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 5. Geografiya. 2013. № 1. S. 17–21.
19. Novenko E.Yu. Izmeneniya rastitel’nosti i klimata Central’noj i Vostochnoj Evropy v pozdnem plejstocene i golocene v mezhlednikovye i perekhodnye etapy klimaticheskih makrociklov. M.: GEOS, 2016. 227 s.
20. Novenko E.Yu., Mironenko I.V., Volkova E.M., Kupriyanov D.A., Batanova A.K. Dinamika landshaftov yugo-vostochnoj Meshchyory v golocene // Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 5. Geografiya. 2016. № 2. S. 91–101.
21. Novenko E.Yu., Mironenko I.V., Kupriyanov D.A., Matasov V.M., Bobrovskij M.V. Doagrarnye landshafty yugo-vostochnoj Meshchyory: rekonstrukciya po paleoekologicheskim dannym // Geografiya i prirodnye resursy. 2019. № 2. S. 38–49.
22. Priroda Ryazanskoj oblasti: ucheb. posobie / Pod red. V.A. Krivcova i A.V. Vodorezova. Ryazan’: Ryaz. gos. un-t im. S.A. Esenina, 2019. 268 s.
23. Sudakova N.G., Antonov S.I., Vvedenskaya A.I. i dr. Osobennosti geoekologii bassejna Oki v svyazi s paleogeograficheskimi usloviyami // Ekologo-geograficheskie issledovaniya v rechnyh bassejnah: Mat-ly 3-j mezhdunar. nauch.-prakt. konf. Voronezh: Izd-vo VGPU, 2009. S. 24–28.
24. Haritonova T.I., Novenko E.Yu. Prichiny i periodichnost’ vozniknoveniya nizovyh lesnyh pozharov v yugo-vostochnoj Meshchyore (po rezul’tatam dendrohronologicheskogo analiza) // Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 5. Geografiya. 2019. № 4. S. 53–62.
25. Hotinskij N.A. Golocen Severnoj Evrazii, M.: Nauka, 1977. 200 s.
26. Chekhov A.P. Istoricheskij ocherk pozharnogo dela v Rossii. SPb., 1892. 204 s.
27. Shitov V.P. Estestvennoistoricheskie usloviya formirovaniya dubrav poles’ya // Lesnaya geobota-nika i biologiya drevesnyh rastenij. 1985. № 11. S. 130–134.
28. Blaauw M. Methods and code for “classical” age-modelling of radiocarbon sequences // Quarternary Geochronology. 2010. V. 5. P. 512–518.
29. Drobyshev I., Bergeron Y., Ols C., Girardin M.P., Gauthier S., Ojal J. Strong gradients in forest sensitivity to climate change revealed by dynamics of forest fore cycles in the post little ice age era // J. Geophys. Res.: Biogeosci. 2017. T. 122. № 10. P. 2605–2616.
30. Erdtman G. The Acetolysis Method – A Revised Description // Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 1960. 54. P. 561–564.
31. Grimm E.C. Tilia and Tilia Graph: PC spreadsheet and graphics software for pollen data. INQUA, working group on data-handling methods // Newsletter. 1990. № 4. P. 5–7.
32. Kasin I., Blanck Y., Storaunet K.O., Rolstad J., Ohlson M. The charcoal record in peat and mineral soil across a boreal landscape and possible linkages to climate change and recent fire history // The Holocene. 2013. V. 23. № 7. P. 1052–1065.
33. Khotinski N.A., Klimanov V.A. Alleröd, Younger Dryas and early Holocene Palaeo-Environmental Stratigraphy // Quatern. International. 1997. V. 41/42. P. 67–70.
34. Moore P.D., Webb J.A., Collinson M.E. Pollen Analysis. Blackwell, Oxford. 1991. 216 p.
35. Pitänen A., Tolonen K., Jungner H. A basin-based approach to the long-term history of forest fires as determined from peat strata // The Holocene. 2001. V. 11. № 5. P. 599–605.
36. Reille M. Pollen et spores d’Europe et d’Afrique du nord. Laboratorie de botanique historique et palynologie. Marseille, 1995. 331 p.
37. Reimer P.J., Austin W.E., Bard E. et al. The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere radiocarbon age calibration curve (0–55 cal kBP) // Radiocarbon. 2020. V. 62. P. 725–757.
38. Stockmarr J. Tablets with spores used in absolute pollen analysis // Pollen Spores. № 1. 1971. P. 615 621.
39. Informacionnaya sistema identifikacii rastitel’nyh ob’’ektov na osnove karpologicheskih, palinologicheskih i anatomicheskih dannyh. URL: http://botany-collection.bio.msu.ru (data obrashcheniya: 10.09.2020).
Review
For citations:
Batalova V.A., Mazei N.G. Vegetation and Fire Dynamics in the South-Eastern Meshchera During the Holocene: Reconstruction from Paleoecological Data. Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society. 2021;153(3):34-45. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607121030034
Views:
128
Email this article 