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    Davis, Basil A. S., Zanon, Marco, Collins, Pamella, Mauri, Achille, Bakker, Johan, Barboni, Doris, Barthelmes, Alexandra, Beaudouin, Celia, Birks, H. John B., Bjune, Anne E., Bozilova, Elissaveta, Bradshaw, Richard H.W., Brayshay, Barbara A., Brewer, Simon, Brugiapaglia, Elisabetta, Bunting, Jane, Connor, Simon E., de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis, Edwards, Kevin, Ejarque, Ana, Fall, Patricia, Florenzano, Assunta, Fyfe, Ralph, Galop, Didier, Giardini, Marco, Giesecke, Thomas, Grant, Michael J., Guiot, Jöel, Jahns, Susanne, Jankovská, Vlasta, Juggins, Stephen, Kahrmann, Marina, Karpińska-Kołaczek, Monika, Kołaczek, Piotr, Kühl, Norbert, Kuneš, Petr, Lapteva, Elena G., Leroy, Suzanne A.G., Leydet, Michelle, López Sáez, José Antonio, Masi, Alessia, Matthias, Isabelle, Mazier, Florence, Meltsov, Vivika, Mercuri, Anna Maria, Miras, Yannick, Mitchell, Fraser J.G., Morris, Jesse L., Naughton, Filipa, Nielsen, Anne Birgitte, Novenko, Elena, Odgaard, Bent, Ortu, Elena, Overballe-Petersen, Mette Venås, Pardoe, Heather S., Peglar, Silvia M., Pidek, Irena A., Sadori, Laura, Seppä, Heikki, Severova, Elena, Shaw, Helen, Święta-Musznicka, Joanna, Theuerkauf, Martin, Tonkov, Spassimir, Veski, Siim, van der Knaap, Pim (W.O.), van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F.N., Woodbridge, Jessie, Zimny, Marcelina and Kaplan, Jed O. (2013) The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 22. pp. 521-530. ISSN 1617-6278

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    Abstract

    Modern pollen samples provide an invaluable research tool for helping to interpret the quaternary fossil pollen record, allowing investigation of the relationship between pollen as the proxy and the environmental parameters such as vegetation, land-use, and climate that the pollen proxy represents. The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) is a new initiative within the European Pollen Database (EPD) to establish a publicly accessible repository of modern (surface sample) pollen data. This new database will complement the EPD, which at present holds only fossil sedimentary pollen data. The EMPD is freely available online to the scientific community and currently has information on almost 5,000 pollen samples from throughout the Euro-Siberian and Mediterranean regions, contributed by over 40 individuals and research groups. Here we describe how the EMPD was constructed, the various tables and their fields, problems and errors, quality controls, and continuing efforts to improve the available data.
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-013-0408-0.
    Keywords: Datasets; Climate change; Paleoclimatology; Databases; Database design; Vegetation; Biomes; Short Communication; Pollen; Plants; Fossils; Archaeology; Earth Sciences; Biogeosciences; Climate Change; Europe; Surface sample; EPD; Anthropology; EMPD; Paleontology; Quantitative Reconstruction; Vegetation Relationships; Plant Sciences; Holocene Climate; Moss Samples; Cover Reconstructions; Surface Sediments; Probabilistic Approach; Quaternary Pollen; Mediterranean Region; Glacial-Maximum; Green technology; Quaternary; Fossil pollen; Land use; Environmental Sciences;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Item ID: 12226
    Identification Number: 10.1007/s00334-012-0388-5
    Depositing User: Helen Shaw
    Date Deposited: 22 Jan 2020 17:03
    Journal or Publication Title: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
    Publisher: Springer
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/12226
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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