@misc{10481/71282,
year = {2021},
month = {10},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71282},
abstract = {The aim of this research is to reconstruct the ancient distribution area of Abies pinsapo Boiss. (Spanish fir) in the Serranía
de Ronda region, southern Spain, during the Holocene. The main method was pedoanthracological analysis, the study of
non-archaeological charcoal found in natural soils. In this research a total of 37 soil excavations were done in several mountain
ranges with potentially favourable places for firs to have grown in the past. Specific sites and places such as hillsides,
endorheic basins (with no outflow), sinkholes, summits and mountain passes were selected on the basis of evidence from a
range of different sources including ancient documents, pollen studies and species distribution models. The soil samples collected
from these sites were prepared in the laboratory and the charcoal was identified and radiocarbon dated. Statistical and
cartographic analyses were also done. The study revealed evidence of past populations of Abies sp. in places where it is no
longer found today. A total of 47 different chronologies were obtained from these sites with ages ranging between 9,931 cal bp
and 78 cal bp. In addition, the wide variations in the charcoal values enabled us to make an initial estimate of the importance
of ancient forest fires in different places in the Serranía de Ronda. When this information has been considered with all the
other available data sources, it will be an essential resource for the efficient management of relict fir woods in southern Spain.},
organization = {Ministerio de Educacion del Gobierno de Espana (Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain)	18/03023},
organization = {dependents on the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad del Gobierno de Espana y la Junta de Andalucia (Ministry of the Economy)	CSO2017-83576-P	
RTI2018-101714-B-I00	
P18-RT-4963	
B-RNM-404-UGR18},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia},
organization = {Competitiveness of the Government of Spain},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Palaeoecology},
keywords = {Soil charcoal},
keywords = {Abies},
keywords = {Distribution area},
keywords = {Holocene},
keywords = {Iberian Peninsula},
title = {The history of Abies pinsapo during the Holocene in southern Spain, based on pedoanthracological analysis},
doi = {10.1007/s00334-021-00855-w},
author = {Pardo Martínez, Rubén and Gómez Zotano, José and Olmedo Cobo, José Antonio},
}