Mengna Liao

This study examines vegetation and functional composition changes in southwestern China during the late MIS3 to LGM using pollen records, revealing shifts in forest types and functional traits driven by climate change.

This study uses a high-resolution palynological record from Erhai Lake to show that Hengduan Mountains vegetation reorganized rapidly in response to climatic oscillations over 35,200 years, with future projections under high-emission scenarios indicating intensified reorganizations.

This study analyzes vegetation compositional resilience over 8,000 years using fossil pollen records, identifying anthropogenic land use as the main driver of decline since 1.6 to 4.4 thousand years ago.