Forest Vegetation of Galičica Mountain Range in Macedonia

Matevski, Vlado; Čarni, Andraž; Avramoski, Oliver; Juvan, Nina; Kostadinovski, Mitko; Košir, Petra; Marinšek, Aleksander; Paušič, Andrej; Šilc, Urban

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“…Studies on regional flora and vegetation are rather scarce in the international literature. The main source of information is from a detailed survey carried out in Galičica National Park (Matevski et al, 2011). Concerning the flora, the Mediterranean and Balkan elements dominate, but several central European species are also widespread in the area.…”

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Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (SE Europe) during the past 500 ka

Sadori¹,

Masi²,

Bertini³

et al. 2015

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Abstract. Lake Ohrid is located at the border between FYROM and Albania and formed during the latest phases of Alpine orogenesis. It is the deepest, the largest and the oldest tectonic lake in Europe. To better understand the paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental evolution of Lake Ohrid a deep drilling was carried out in 2013 within the framework of the Scientific Collaboration on Past Speciation Conditions (SCOPSCO) project that was funded by the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP). Preliminary results indicate that lacustrine sedimentation of Lake Ohrid started between 1.2 and 1.9 Ma ago. Here we present new pollen data (selected percentage and concentration taxa/groups) of the uppermost ~200 m of the 569 m-long DEEP core drilled in the depocenter of Lake Ohrid. The study is the fruit of a cooperative work carried out in several European palynological laboratories. The age model is based on nine tephra layers and on tuning of biogeochemical proxy data to orbital parameters and to the global benthic isotope stack LR04. According to the age model the studied sequence covers the last ~500 000 years at a millennial-scale resolution (~1.6 ka) and record the major vegetation and climate changes that occurred during the last 12 (13 only pro parte) marine isotope stages (MIS). Our results indicate that there is a general good correspondence between forested/non-forested periods and glacial/interglacial cycles of marine isotope stratigraphy. Our record shows a progressive change from cooler and wetter to warmer and dryer interglacial conditions. This shift is visible also in glacial vegetation. The interglacial phase corresponding to MIS11 (pollen assemblage zone, PAZ OD-12, 488–455 ka BP and OD-19, 367–328 ka BP) is dominated by montane trees such as conifers. The two younger interglacial periods, MIS5 (PAZ OD-3, 126–70 ka BP) and MIS1 (PAZ OD-1, 12 ka BP to present) are marked by dominance of mesophilous elements such as deciduous and semi-deciduous oaks. Moreover, MIS7 (PAZ OD-6, 245–189 ka) shows a very high interglacial variability, with alternating expansions of montane and mesophilous arboreal taxa. Grasslands (open vegetation formations requiring relatively humid conditions) characterize the first glacial phases of MIS12 (PAZ OD-12, 488–455 ka), MIS10 (corresponding to PAZ OD-10, 421–367 ka) and MIS8 (PAZ OD-7, 285–245 ka). Steppes (open vegetation formations typical of dry environments) prevail during MIS6 (OD-5 and OD-4, 189–126 ka) and during MIS4–2 (PAZ OD-2, 70–12 ka). Our palynological results support the notion that Lake Ohrid has been a refugium area for both temperate and montane trees during glacials. Close comparisons with other long southern European and Near Eastern pollen records will be achieved through ongoing high-resolution studies.

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Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (SE Europe) during the past 500 ka

Sadori¹,

Masi²,

Bertini³

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“…The vegetation in the catchment of Lake Ohrid can be categorized along altitudinal belts (cf., Filipovski et al, 1996;Matevski et al, 2011). Grasslands and agricultural land are encountered in the littoral zone and the lowlands surrounding the lake, followed by forests dominated by different species of both deciduous and semi-deciduous oaks (Quercus cerris, Q. frainetto, Q. petraea, Q. pubescens, and Q. trojana) and hornbeams (Carpinus orientalis, Ostrya carpinifolia) up to 1600 m a.s.l.…”

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“…Due to intense grazing, the timberline is between 1600 and 1900 m a.s.l. Reforestation is now slowly replacing the existing alpine pasture lands and grasslands at and above this altitude (Matevski et al, 2011). Sparse populations of several Pinus species, considered to be Tertiary relics, are located in the wider region of Lake Ohrid (Sadori et al, 2016).…”

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The environmental and evolutionary history of Lake Ohrid (FYROM/Albania): Interim results from the SCOPSCO deep drilling project

Wagner¹,

Wilke²,

Albrecht³

et al. 2016

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This study reviews and synthesises existing information generated within the SCOPSCO ("Scientific Collaboration on Past Speciation Conditions in Lake Ohrid") deep drilling project. The four main aims of the project are to infer (i) the age and origin of Lake Ohrid (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/Republic of Albania), (ii) its regional seismotectonic history, (iii) volcanic activity and climate change in the central northern Mediterranean region, and (iv) the drivers of biodiversity and endemism. The Ohrid basin formed by transtension during the Miocene, opened during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and the lake established de novo in the still relatively narrow valley between 1.9 and 1.3&#8201;Myr ago. The lake history is recorded in a 584&#8201;m long sediment sequence, which was recovered within the framework of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) from the central part (DEEP site) of the lake in spring 2013. To date, 50 tephra and crypto-tephra horizons have been found in the upper 460&#8201;m of this sequence. Tephrochronology and tuning biogeochemical proxy data to orbital parameters revealed that the upper 247.8&#8201;m represent the last 637&#8201;kyr. The multi-proxy dataset covering these 637&#8201;kyr indicates long-term variability, with a change from cooler and wetter to drier and warmer glacial and interglacial periods around 300&#8201;ka. Short-term environmental change caused, for example, by tephra deposition or the climatic impact of millennial-scale Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich events are superimposed on the long-term trends. Evolutionary studies on the extant fauna indicate that Lake Ohrid was not a refugial area for regional freshwater animals. This differs from the surrounding catchment, where the mountainous setting with relatively high water availability provided a refugial area for temperate and montane trees during the relatively cold and dry glacial periods. Although Lake Ohrid experienced significant environmental change over the last 637&#8201;kyr, preliminary molecular data from extant microgastropod species do not indicate significant changes in diversification rate during this period. The reasons for this constant rate remain largely unknown, but a possible lack of environmentally induced extinction events in Lake Ohrid and/or the high resilience of the ecosystems may have played a role.</p>

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“…This community occurs from 900 to 1500 m in Dajti and Tomorr but also in Northern Albania. One of the relevés that was previously referred to the Calamintho grandiflorae-Fagetum Rizovski & Džekov ex Matevski et al 2011(De Sanctis et al 2018 belongs here. Another distinction between cluster B/1 and B/2 is the presence of Pteridium aquilinum and Fragaria vesca in B/2, indicating an intense disturbance by fire.…”

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Supplementary material 7 from: Fanelli G, Hoda P, Mersinllari M, Mahmutaj E, Attorre F, Farcomeni A, Cambria VE, De Sanctis M (2020) Phytosociological overview of the Fagus and Corylus forests in Albania. Vegetation Classification and Survey 1: 175-189. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/54942

Fanelli,

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Mersinllari

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Forest Vegetation of Galičica Mountain Range in Macedonia

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Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (SE Europe) during the past 500 ka

Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (SE Europe) during the past 500 ka

The environmental and evolutionary history of Lake Ohrid (FYROM/Albania): Interim results from the SCOPSCO deep drilling project

Supplementary material 7 from: Fanelli G, Hoda P, Mersinllari M, Mahmutaj E, Attorre F, Farcomeni A, Cambria VE, De Sanctis M (2020) Phytosociological overview of the Fagus and Corylus forests in Albania. Vegetation Classification and Survey 1: 175-189. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/54942

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