Surface pollen from various montane vegeta-tions in Shalixian Mt. and Lepei Mt. of central and northern Taiwan have been explored and analyzed. The pollen datawere used to simulate vegetation types by using the biomis...Surface pollen from various montane vegeta-tions in Shalixian Mt. and Lepei Mt. of central and northern Taiwan have been explored and analyzed. The pollen datawere used to simulate vegetation types by using the biomisa-tion technique. Computing three matrixes of pollen taxa,plant functional types and combined biomes, vegetation types at each site have been finally defined through the fuzselections of a tie-breaking rule. The results show that sur-face pollen data can simulate the subtropical Castanopsis andCyclobalanopsis forests, alpine warm-temperate Quercus and Quercus-Pinus forests, and alpine temperate/cool-temperate conifers of Tsuga-Picea and Picea-Abies forests. Simulatedelevations of the forests are similar to actual locations of the forests. This study can add vertical surface pollen data forextending investigation of various vegetation types in China, provide PFT schemes and vegetation types in low-latitude and montane areas, and be applied as modern analogues for fossil pollen in order to reconstruct Quaternary展开更多
基金supported by Nanjing Institue of Geography&Limnology(Grant No.CXNIGLAS-A02-06)and Department of Geology,Taiwan University.
文摘Surface pollen from various montane vegeta-tions in Shalixian Mt. and Lepei Mt. of central and northern Taiwan have been explored and analyzed. The pollen datawere used to simulate vegetation types by using the biomisa-tion technique. Computing three matrixes of pollen taxa,plant functional types and combined biomes, vegetation types at each site have been finally defined through the fuzselections of a tie-breaking rule. The results show that sur-face pollen data can simulate the subtropical Castanopsis andCyclobalanopsis forests, alpine warm-temperate Quercus and Quercus-Pinus forests, and alpine temperate/cool-temperate conifers of Tsuga-Picea and Picea-Abies forests. Simulatedelevations of the forests are similar to actual locations of the forests. This study can add vertical surface pollen data forextending investigation of various vegetation types in China, provide PFT schemes and vegetation types in low-latitude and montane areas, and be applied as modern analogues for fossil pollen in order to reconstruct Quaternary
