| Fungal spore record of pastoralism on the NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since the middle Holocene | |
Wei, Haicheng ; Chongyi, E.; Duan, Ronglei; Zhang, Jing; Sun, Yongjuan; Hou, Guangliang; Gao, Jingyi
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| FirstAuthor | Wei, Haicheng |
| 2021-08 | |
| Source Publication | SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
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| ISSN | 1674-7313 |
| Volume | 64Issue:8Pages:1318-1331 |
| Abstract | Pastoralism is considered a crucial factor in the eventual year-round occupation of high-altitude regions (>3000 m asl) of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (NE-QTP) was an important corridor for early human occupation. We analyzed fossil fungal spore records for the last 8500 years from a high resolution aeolian section at Langgeri (LGR) on the NE-QTP Thirty-two fungal spore types were identified in the LGR section, including seven coprophilous types. We combined analysis of coprophilous fungal spores, Cyperaceae, Artemisia, and Hippophae pollen, and the charcoal >50 mu m fraction to explore the timing and controls of pastoralism on the NE-QTP since the middle Holocene. Pastoralism commenced at LGR shortly before ca. 5.5 ka and gradually increased between ca. 5.5-3.5 ka, but markedly intensified after ca. 2.2 ka, with three periods of growth at ca. 2.1-1.9,1.4-1.2, and 0.6-0 ka, and a decline at ca. 1.1-0.6 ka. The timing of changes in pastoral activity on the NE-QTP based on the coprophilous fungal spore record is supported by regional archeology and historical documents. Technological and political developments, rather than climate change, played key roles in the long-term fluctuations of regional pastoralism on the NE-QTP in the late Holocene. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11430-020-9787-4 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.isl.ac.cn/handle/363002/34235 |
| Collection | 盐湖地质与环境实验室 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wei, Haicheng,Chongyi, E.,Duan, Ronglei,et al. Fungal spore record of pastoralism on the NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since the middle Holocene[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2021,64(8):1318-1331. |
| APA | Wei, Haicheng.,Chongyi, E..,Duan, Ronglei.,Zhang, Jing.,Sun, Yongjuan.,...&Gao, Jingyi.(2021).Fungal spore record of pastoralism on the NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since the middle Holocene.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,64(8),1318-1331. |
| MLA | Wei, Haicheng,et al."Fungal spore record of pastoralism on the NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since the middle Holocene".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 64.8(2021):1318-1331. |
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