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lerk
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Palynological research of the Vosges Mountains
25
Mountains (table 1, cf.
J
anssen
&
P
unt
1998), but
these data are not yet widely available to the sci-
entific audience. A summary of the results of the
“Werkgroep Vogezen” was published by
V
isset
et
al. (1996). After his retirement, C. R.
J
anssen
(pers.
com.) started preparing a book on the work of the
research group which will provide access to many
currently still unpublished pollen diagrams. After
the study of the Vosges Mountains, the aim was to
continue similar research in other mountain belts,
including the Mont-du-Forez, Sierra Cabrera Baja
and Galicia, and the Serra da Estrela (
J
anssen
&
P
unt
1998).
Apart from the work of the Utrecht research group,
a number of other studies were carried out during
the nineteenseventies and -eighties that concen-
trated on various regions of the Vosges Moun-
tains, e.g.
D
armois
-T
heobald
et al. (1976),
S
chloss
(1979), and
D
armois
-T
heobald
& D
enèfle
(1981).
The study of
W
oillard
(1975) concentrated on the
Pleistocene and provides valuable information on
the vegetation history since the late Saalian, in-
cluding the well-known “Grande Pile” site (cf.
W
oi
-
llard
1978,
D
e
B
eaulieu
& R
eille
1992).
Hardly any studies appeared in the nineties (cf.
table 1). From the first 14 years of the 21
th
cen-
tury, the studies of
S
udhaus
(2005) and
K
alis
et
al. (2006) are noteworthy. The paper of
W
alter
-
S
immonet
et al. (2008) shows the occurrence of se-
veral tephra layers in the Vosges Mountains that
may be useful for dating and correlation of sites
in the future. Charcoal investigations from former
fire sites (“Kohlenmeiler”) provide additional infor-
mation on the species-composition of forests and
on forestry since the Medieval (e.g.
N
ölken
2005).
Research in progress by the University of Inns-
bruck concentrates on a site in the northern part
of the Vosges Mountains (J. N.
H
aas
, pers. com.).
Research from a team at the Staatliches Muse-
um für Naturkunde Karlsruhe started in 2006 and
deals with the Tourbière Chaume Thiriet and the
Cirque de Frankenthal. These studies focus on
high resolution pollen analysis of the last 1000-
2000 years in combination with geochemistry and
macrofossil analysis, and on the identification of
short-distance variation in local mire vegetation
and peatland development (
D
e
K
lerk
&
H
ölzer
2009/2010).
5 Concluding remarks
A total of over 180 pollen diagrams exist from
around 90 sites in the Vosges Mountains, which
are the result of palynological research since
1930. Thus, an extremely detailed dataset exists
on the vegetation history of this mountain ran-
ge, although not all studies are currently easily
accessible. Most studies up to now deal with
the reconstruction of vegetation history of single
sites, with only few trying to place this vegeta-
tion history in a regional context. Especially the
work by the Utrecht group under supervision of
C. R.
J
anssen
provided data on vegetation and on
vegetation history in a large spatial context. Buil-
ding on the available data, future studies could
focus on special research questions beyond the
frame of vegetation history in general.
Acknowledgments
I wish to thank
A
dam
H
ölzer
, S
imone
L
ang
and
S
iegfried
S
chloss
for various valuable comments on the dataset
and the text of this paper.
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