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100			_aYonebayashi, Chuh _951353
245			_aChanges in vegetation, climate and snowfall regime since the late Pleistocene in a snowy mountainous region of central Japan/
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 29, issue 1, 2019 : (77-84 p.).
520			_aAlthough the most crucial factor shaping vegetation history is temperature, snowfall regime is also important in regions of heavy snow. Pollen analysis in a mire in a snowy mountainous region of central Japan revealed histories of vegetation and precipitation regimes since the latest Pleistocene. The abundance of pinaceous pollen during the latest Pleistocene indicates a subalpine regional coniferous forest and cooler conditions; moreover, sandy sediment and significant occurrence of pollen from Artemisia along with several alpine elements suggest local plant communities of poor vegetation cover in an erosive environment. The increase in Betula and Quercus subgen. Lepidobalanus pollen and the decline in pinaceous pollen in 13,550 cal. yr BP indicates climatic amelioration favourable to temperate trees, and the invasion of sedges and Reynoutria to the small basin and the onset of peat deposition suggest an increase in summer rain. The increase in Fagus crenata pollen after 11,130 cal. yr BP and onwards indicates that the present heavy snowfall regime induced by inflow of the Tsushima Current has been established since that age. The climatic amelioration delayed establishment of the heavy snowfall regime for more than 2400 years. In addition, the retreat of sedges and subsequent invasion of several species of drier habitat after 11,130 cal. yr BP indicate a drier mire condition caused by increased summer temperatures. The recovery of sedges after 3740 cal. yr BP indicates the wettest mire conditions induced by climatic deterioration. A general increasing tendency of conifers in this period supports this interpretation.
650			_aJapan, _951354
650			_a late Quaternary, _951355
650			_apalaeoecology, _951356
650			_apollen analysis, _951054
650			_asnowfall regime, _951357
650			_avegetation history _951358
773	0		_012756 _916504 _dLondon: Sage Publication Ltd, 2019. _tHolocene/ _x09596836
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618804644
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