TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stobbe, Astrid
A1  - Gumnior, Maren
T1  - Palaeoecology as a tool for the future management of forest ecosystems in Hesse (Central Germany): beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) versus lime (Tilia cordata Mill.)
T2  - Forests
N2  - In the Central German Uplands, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies have been particularly affected by climate change. With the establishment of beech forests about 3000 years ago and pure spruce stands 500 years ago, they might be regarded as ‘neophytes’ in the Hessian forests. Palaeoecological investigations at wetland sites in the low mountain ranges and intramontane basins point to an asynchronous vegetation evolution in a comparatively small but heterogenous region. On the other hand, palynological data prove that sustainably managed woodlands with high proportions of Tilia have been persisting for several millennia, before the spread of beech took place as a result of a cooler and wetter climate and changes in land management. In view of increasingly warmer and drier conditions, Tilia cordata appears especially qualified to be an important silvicultural constituent of the future, not only due to its tolerance towards drought, but also its resistance to browsing, and the ability to reproduce vegetatively. Forest managers should be encouraged to actively promote the return to more stress-tolerant lime-dominated woodlands, similar to those that existed in the Subboreal chronozone.
KW  - pollen analysis
KW  - climate change
KW  - forest succession
KW  - Fagus sylvatica
KW  - Tilia cordata
KW  - Hessian uplands
KW  - Central Germany
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61885
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-618857
SN  - 1999-4907
VL  - 12
IS  - 7, art. 924
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -