Molluscan Total Assemblages across a Woodland–Grassland Boundary and their Palaeoenvironmental Relevance

Paul Davies

Environmental Archaeology, 1999, vol. 4, issue 1, 57-65

Abstract: Molluscan total assemblages across a woodland-grassland boundary are described and analysed using a variety of numerical techniques. These demonstrate that although the Mollusca respond to the vegetation boundaries their response does not exactly parallel that of vegetation structure. In particular, some shade-preferential species have encroached from woodland into adjacent grassland, degree of encroachment being an individual species characteristic. The study indicates that the detection of boundaries in sub-fossil assemblages from buried soil surfaces will only be possible if spatially-oriented multi-sampling strategies are employed.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1179/env.1999.4.1.57

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