Arne Kappenberg is a PhD-student in Project D6
The spatial distribution of vegetation and vegetation fires in Central European Uplands during the last interglacial and glacial period may give insights to Paleolithic environments.
Tag: paleovegetation
Last interglacial vegetation and climate of the southern Levant
I am a part of the CRC 806 project B3 “Environmental Response on Climate Impact in the Levant during the last 200 ka based on a Long Continental Record from the Dead Sea”. As was introduced in my first presentation, the major objective of my PhD thesis is to investigate the vegetation of the southern Levant during the last Interglacial by analyzing pollen assemblages from the Dead Sea deep drilling cores.
The Motivation for the Seasonal Movement of Bison Hunters on the Northwestern Plains of North America
Prof. Gerald A. Oetelaar, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
To western researchers, the structure of the grasslands ecosystem on the Northwestern Plains of North America is determined primarily by climate as modified locally by topography, drainage, and sediments. The seasonal availability of the different grasses determines the migratory behaviour of bison which, in turn, influences the movement of human populations. Bison ecology and behaviour also determine the patterns of human aggregation and dispersal. Long-term climatic fluctuations, as measured by effective moisture and temperature, influence the net primary productivity of the short grass plains and, by extension, the size of the bison population.
Climatic and environmental history of the Balkans (Romania) over the Last Glacial
Maria Papadopoulou and Marc Bormann are PhD students in Project B2 of the CRC 806 at the University of Cologne. Maria studied Forestry and Natural Environment at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her master thesis focused on the comparison of recent vegetation and pollen records in vegetation units of Northern Greece.
Vegetation and climate history of S. Levant since the Last Interglacial
Chunzhu Chen and Andrea Miebach are PhD students in Project B3 at the Steinmann-Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology at the University of Bonn.