Biotic response to climatic changes during the time span 13 000- 10 000 BP - a case study from SW Sweden.

Abstract

Palaeoecological studies based on analysis of pollen, plant macrofossils and insect remains at a stratigraphic reference site, covering the time span 13 000-10 000 yr BP, in SW Sweden are interpreted against the two dominant palaeoclimatic models: the palaeobotanical model and the palaeoentomological model. An important time lag is found in the vegetation response to climatic improvement after deglaciation, which means that the biotic changes are best explained against the palaeoentomological model.-from Authors