Holocene vegetation history from King River railway bridge, western Tasmania

Abstract

Communities seem to reflect variations in habitat and environmental conditions related to soil differences, flooding, waterlogging and burning adjacent to the King River. The pollen sequence shows the characteristic early post-glacial peak of Phyllocladus, the early-middle post-glacial maximum of Pomaderris and the middle Holocene maximum of Nothofagus for western Tasmania. The vegetation was influenced by burning at all times. The climate transition from cold to cool humid conditions occurred around 13 000 yr BP and was probably relatively rapid. -from Authors