High-resolution mollusc record from the Mituchovci tufa
(western Slovakia): a reference for the Holocene succession of
Western Carpathian mid-elevation forests

J 2021

High-resolution mollusc record from the Mituchovci tufa (western Slovakia): a reference for the Holocene succession of Western Carpathian mid-elevation forests

FRODLOVÁ, Jitka and Michal HORSÁK

Basic information

Original name

High-resolution mollusc record from the Mituchovci tufa (western Slovakia): a reference for the Holocene succession of Western Carpathian mid-elevation forests

Authors

FRODLOVÁ, Jitka (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Boreas, Hoboken, Wiley, 2021, 0300-9483

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10618 Ecology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.645

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00118824

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12503

UT WoS

000598906500001

Keywords in English

molluscs; western Slovakia; White Carpathians; palaeoecology; pollen; plant macrofossils

Abstract

V originále

The Western Carpathian Mountains have been attracting palaeoecologists for a long time, recently mainly to seek direct evidence of northern cryptic refugia in this region. We investigated a rich Holocene mollusc record in the White Carpathian Mountains, capturing a gradual development of forest malacofaunas under stable environmental conditions. To obtain precise data about colonization and extinction events for particular species, we applied a high-resolution depth-age model. Early Holocene assemblages revealed both the presence of Early Holocene relics and an early appearance of closed-canopy forest species that might indicate a cryptic glacial refugium nearby. Many forest species peaking at the Holocene forest optimum, including anthropophobic arboricole land snails (Bulgarica cana and Macrogastra borealis), were present since the Early Holocene as well. After 4000 cal. a BP, forest vegetation composition changed, and the environment became less suitable for woodland snails (i.e. calcium and moisture level decreased). This change was indicated by the disappearance of many sensitive forest species. Most of the exclusively forest species reappeared during the early Middle Ages because of dense beech forest development. However, in the late Middle Ages, the study site was deforested and became an open wetland. The existence of pollen, plant macro-remains, and stable isotope data allowed us to compare the recorded mollusc succession to the signal derived from these proxies. Hence, we propose that the Mituchovci site should be considered a model for the Holocene development of mollusc woodland faunas in the (Outer) Western Carpathians and one of the main reference sites for central European mollusc succession.

Links

GAP504/11/0429, research and development project

Name: Gradienty prostředí, vegetační dynamika a krajinné změny v Západních Karpatech od pozdního glaciálu po současnost (Acronym: PALAEO-CARPATHIANS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

GA17-05696S, research and development project

Name: Holocenní vývoj evropské bioty mírného pásu: vlivy klimatu, refugií a lokálních faktorů testované na komplexních datech nezávislých proxy

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

FRODLOVÁ, Jitka and Michal HORSÁK. High-resolution mollusc record from the Mituchovci tufa (western Slovakia): a reference for the Holocene succession of Western Carpathian mid-elevation forests. Boreas. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021, vol. 50, No 3, p. 709-722. ISSN 0300-9483. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12503.

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FRODLOVÁ, Jitka and Michal HORSÁK. High-resolution mollusc record from the Mituchovci tufa (western Slovakia): a reference for the Holocene succession of Western Carpathian mid-elevation forests. \textit{Boreas}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021, vol.~50, No~3, p.~709-722. ISSN~0300-9483. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12503.

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