Holocene vegetation and climate change from near Lake Pedder, south-west Tasmania, Australia

Abstract

Aim: To use surface pollen and vegetation relationships to aid the interpretation of a Holocene pollen record. Location: South-west Tasmania, Australia. Methods: A survey was undertaken of surface-pollen samples from the major regional vegetation types: alpine, rain forest and moorland. Relationships between vegetation type and surface-pollen representation were analysed using twinspan classification and ordination. A core was retrieved from moorland vegetation, and interpretation of the fossil pollen sequence was aided using relationships detected in our surface-pollen analysis. Results: Regional vegetation types are reflected in the pollen rain of south-west Tasmania, despite the over-repr..