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New Data on the Dynamics of Vegetation of the Malozemelskaya Tundra in the Holocene on the Basis of a Comprehensive Paleobotanic Study of Lake and Bog Deposits in the Lake Golodnaya Guba Area

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On the basis of paleobotanical data obtained from lake and bog deposits in the Lake Golodnaya Guba area, the stages of waterlogging of the paleo water body and the successions of vegetation of Malozemelskaya tundra during the Holocene were characterized. It was established that, in the Early Holocene, arboreal birches and Siberian spruce (which in the Middle Holocene, together with larch, formed taiga forests) migrated to this territory. In the Late Holocene, forests were replaced by tundras. The overgrowth of the paleo water body began in the Early Holocene. This led to the formation of lowland bogs, which at the end of the Middle Holocene transformed into oligotrophic bogs through a transitional stage.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to N.M. Nikolaeva (Nenets Museum of Local Lore, Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous District), A.S. Nikolaev (Naryan-Mar), and L.I. Agafonov (Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg) for their help in the search for and study of peat sections and the selection of samples for spore–pollen and paleocarpological analyzes during the expedition to Lake Golodnaya Guba on the territory of the Nizhnepechorskii Nature Reserve in 2013.

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This study was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences no. AAAA-A19-119031890086-0.

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Lapteva, E.G., Korona, O.M. New Data on the Dynamics of Vegetation of the Malozemelskaya Tundra in the Holocene on the Basis of a Comprehensive Paleobotanic Study of Lake and Bog Deposits in the Lake Golodnaya Guba Area. Russ J Ecol 53, 91–99 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413622020059

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