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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162893
	Shedding light on the effects of climate and anthropogenic pressures on the disappearance of Fagus sylvatica in the Italian lowlands: evidence from archaeo-anthracology and spatial analyses
	Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo; Bosso, Luciano; Smeraldo, Sonia; Chiusano, Maria Luisa; Pasta, Salvatore; Di Pasquale, Gaetano
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
卷号	877
英文摘要	Fagus sylvatica is one of the most representative trees of the European deciduous broadleaved forests, yet the impact of changing climatic conditions and anthropogenic pressures (anthromes) on its presence and distribution in the coastal and lowland areas of the Mediterranean Basin has long been overlooked. Here, we first analysed the local forest composition in two different time intervals (350-300 Before Current Era, BCE and 150-100 BCE) using charred wood remains from the Etruscan site of Cetamura (Tuscany, central Italy). Addition-ally, we reviewed all the relevant publications and the wood/charcoal data obtained from anthracological analysis in F. sylvatica, focusing on samples that date back to 4000 years before present, to better understand the drivers of beech presence and distribution during the Late Holocene (LH) in the Italian Peninsula. Then, we combined charcoal and spa-tial analyses to test the distribution of beech woodland at low elevation during LH in Italy and to evaluate the effect of climate change and/or anthrome on the disappearance of F. sylvatica from the lowlands. We collected 1383 charcoal fragments in Cetamura belonging to 21 woody taxa, with F. sylvatica being the most abun-dant species (28 %), followed by other broadleaved trees. We identified 25 sites in the Italian Peninsula with beech charcoals in the last 4000 years. Our spatial analyses showed a marked decrease in habitat suitability of F. sylvatica from LH to the present (ca. 48 %), particularly in the lowlands (0-300 m above sea level, a.s.l.) and at higher altitudes (>900 m a.s.l). In the lowland areas, where F. sylvatica has disappeared, climate had a more uniform effect on beech distribution patterns across the entire elevation range analysed, whereas climate + anthrome and anthrome alone in-fluenced 69 % and 84 % of the lowland areas, respectively. Our results highlight the advantage of combining different approaches, such as charcoal analysis and spatial analyses, to explore biogeographic questions about the past and current distribution of F. sylvatica, with important implications for today's forest management and conservation policies and practices, as well as for future research projects.
英文关键词	Climate change; Ecological niche models; European beech; Forest ecology; GIS; Human impact; Late Holocene
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000967107500001
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281208
作者单位	University of Siena; University of Naples Federico II; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse (IBBR-CNR)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo,Bosso, Luciano,Smeraldo, Sonia,et al. Shedding light on the effects of climate and anthropogenic pressures on the disappearance of Fagus sylvatica in the Italian lowlands: evidence from archaeo-anthracology and spatial analyses[J],2023,877.
APA	Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo,Bosso, Luciano,Smeraldo, Sonia,Chiusano, Maria Luisa,Pasta, Salvatore,&Di Pasquale, Gaetano.(2023).Shedding light on the effects of climate and anthropogenic pressures on the disappearance of Fagus sylvatica in the Italian lowlands: evidence from archaeo-anthracology and spatial analyses.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,877.
MLA	Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo,et al."Shedding light on the effects of climate and anthropogenic pressures on the disappearance of Fagus sylvatica in the Italian lowlands: evidence from archaeo-anthracology and spatial analyses".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 877(2023).