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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dallmeyer, Anne
• Claussen, Martin
• Lorenz, Stephan J
• Sigl, Michael
• Toohey, Matthew
• Herzschuh, Ulrike

Titel

Holocene vegetation transitions and their climatic drivers in MPI-ESM1.2

Ist Teil von

• Climate of the past, 2021-12, Vol.17 (6), p.2481-2513

Ort / Verlag

Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We present a transient simulation of global vegetation and climate patterns of the mid- and late Holocene using the MPI-ESM (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Model) at T63 resolution. The simulated vegetation trend is discussed in the context of the simulated Holocene climate change. Our model captures the main trends found in reconstructions. Most prominent are the southward retreat of the northern treeline that is combined with the strong decrease of forest in the high northern latitudes during the Holocene and the vast increase of the Saharan desert, embedded in a general decrease in precipitation and vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere monsoon margin regions. The Southern Hemisphere experiences weaker changes in total vegetation cover during the last 8000 years. However, the monsoon-related increase in precipitation and the insolation-induced cooling of the winter climate lead to shifts in the vegetation composition, mainly between the woody plant functional types (PFTs).