The first 100 years of pollen analysis (2024)

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Kevin J. Edwards¹,
Ralph M. Fyfe² &
Stephen T. Jackson³

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In 1916, Swedish geologist Ernst Jakob Lennart von Post delivered a provocative lecture in Oslo, Norway, advocating the use of pollen grains in bog sediments as indicators of past vegetation and climate. The lecture spawned many applications and represents a landmark in multidisciplinary science.

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Kevin J. Edwards is in the Department of Geography and Environment and the Department of Archaeology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 3UF, UK.,
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Ralph M. Fyfe is at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.,
Ralph M. Fyfe
Stephen T. Jackson is in the U.S. Department of the Interior Southwest Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, and the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.,
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Edwards, K., Fyfe, R. & Jackson, S. The first 100 years of pollen analysis. Nature Plants 3, 17001 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.1

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