POLLEN INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE SEMI-ARID REGION
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Abstract:
Climate fluctuates strongly in the semi-arid region in China,which is also the marginal area of Pacific monsoon influences. This area was one of the cradles for agriculture civilization in China,but agricultural development was interrupted several times. The modern landscape is characterized by an agro-pastoral transition. Even inside the steppe landscape,lowland meadow and fens frequently occur to form a vegetation mosaic with zonal steppe. Finding pollen indicator for landscape or even regional scale vege...