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Article: Creating spatially continuous maps of past land cover from point estimates: A new statistical approach applied to pollen data

TitleCreating spatially continuous maps of past land cover from point estimates: A new statistical approach applied to pollen data
Authors
KeywordsCompositional data
Spatial modeling
Gaussian markov random fields
Land cover
Paleoecology
Pollen
Issue Date2014
Citation
Ecological Complexity, 2014, v. 20, p. 127-141 How to Cite?
Abstract© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Reliable estimates of past land cover are critical for assessing potential effects of anthropogenic land-cover changes on past earth surface-climate feedbacks and landscape complexity. Fossil pollen records from lakes and bogs have provided important information on past natural and human-induced vegetation cover. However, those records provide only point estimates of past land cover, and not the spatially continuous maps at regional and sub-continental scales needed for climate modelling.We propose a set of statistical models that create spatially continuous maps of past land cover by combining two data sets: 1) pollen-based point estimates of past land cover (from the REVEALS model) and 2) spatially continuous estimates of past land cover, obtained by combining simulated potential vegetation (from LPJ-GUESS) with an anthropogenic land-cover change scenario (KK10). The proposed models rely on statistical methodology for compositional data and use Gaussian Markov Random Fields to model spatial dependencies in the data.Land-cover reconstructions are presented for three time windows in Europe: 0.05, 0.2, and 6. ka years before present (BP). The models are evaluated through cross-validation, deviance information criteria and by comparing the reconstruction of the 0.05. ka time window to the present-day land-cover data compiled by the European Forest Institute (EFI). For 0.05. ka, the proposed models provide reconstructions that are closer to the EFI data than either the REVEALS- or LPJ-GUESS/KK10-based estimates; thus the statistical combination of the two estimates improves the reconstruction. The reconstruction by the proposed models for 0.2. ka is also good. For 6. ka, however, the large differences between the REVEALS- and LPJ-GUESS/KK10-based estimates reduce the reliability of the proposed models. Possible reasons for the increased differences between REVEALS and LPJ-GUESS/KK10 for older time periods and further improvement of the proposed models are discussed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/268474
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dc.contributor.authorPirzamanbein, Behnaz-
dc.contributor.authorLindström, Johan-
dc.contributor.authorPoska, Anneli-
dc.contributor.authorSugita, Shinya-
dc.contributor.authorTrondman, Anna Kari-
dc.contributor.authorFyfe, Ralph-
dc.contributor.authorMazier, Florence-
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Anne B.-
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, Jed O.-
dc.contributor.authorBjune, Anne E.-
dc.contributor.authorBirks, H. John B.-
dc.contributor.authorGiesecke, Thomas-
dc.contributor.authorKangur, Mikhel-
dc.contributor.authorLatałowa, Małgorzata-
dc.contributor.authorMarquer, Laurent-
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Benjamin-
dc.contributor.authorGaillard, Marie José-
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-25T07:59:47Z-
dc.date.available2019-03-25T07:59:47Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationEcological Complexity, 2014, v. 20, p. 127-141-
dc.identifier.issn1476-945X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/268474-
dc.description.abstract© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Reliable estimates of past land cover are critical for assessing potential effects of anthropogenic land-cover changes on past earth surface-climate feedbacks and landscape complexity. Fossil pollen records from lakes and bogs have provided important information on past natural and human-induced vegetation cover. However, those records provide only point estimates of past land cover, and not the spatially continuous maps at regional and sub-continental scales needed for climate modelling.We propose a set of statistical models that create spatially continuous maps of past land cover by combining two data sets: 1) pollen-based point estimates of past land cover (from the REVEALS model) and 2) spatially continuous estimates of past land cover, obtained by combining simulated potential vegetation (from LPJ-GUESS) with an anthropogenic land-cover change scenario (KK10). The proposed models rely on statistical methodology for compositional data and use Gaussian Markov Random Fields to model spatial dependencies in the data.Land-cover reconstructions are presented for three time windows in Europe: 0.05, 0.2, and 6. ka years before present (BP). The models are evaluated through cross-validation, deviance information criteria and by comparing the reconstruction of the 0.05. ka time window to the present-day land-cover data compiled by the European Forest Institute (EFI). For 0.05. ka, the proposed models provide reconstructions that are closer to the EFI data than either the REVEALS- or LPJ-GUESS/KK10-based estimates; thus the statistical combination of the two estimates improves the reconstruction. The reconstruction by the proposed models for 0.2. ka is also good. For 6. ka, however, the large differences between the REVEALS- and LPJ-GUESS/KK10-based estimates reduce the reliability of the proposed models. Possible reasons for the increased differences between REVEALS and LPJ-GUESS/KK10 for older time periods and further improvement of the proposed models are discussed.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofEcological Complexity-
dc.subjectCompositional data-
dc.subjectSpatial modeling-
dc.subjectGaussian markov random fields-
dc.subjectLand cover-
dc.subjectPaleoecology-
dc.subjectPollen-
dc.titleCreating spatially continuous maps of past land cover from point estimates: A new statistical approach applied to pollen data-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.09.005-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84907948370-
dc.identifier.volume20-
dc.identifier.spage127-
dc.identifier.epage141-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000348010800013-
dc.identifier.issnl1476-945X-

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