The relationships of modern pollen spectra to vegetation and climate along a steppe-forest-tundra transition in southern Siberia, explored by decision trees

Abstract

We studied the relationships between surface pollen spectra, vegetation and selected climate characteristics along a strong gradient of climate continentality across the Western Sayan Mountains, southern Siberia. Representation of 111 pollen taxa in 81 s

Keywords

• Classification and regression trees
• landscape
• pollen/vegetation relationship
• surface pollen samples
• vegetation type
• Russia
• surface pollen
• source area
• representation
• argentina