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Forest potentials in Italian and Swiss Insubria and in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
Participants
Internal:
Elisa Vescovi, Ruth Beer, Petra Kaltenrieder, Willy Tinner
External:
Gabriele Carraro (DIONEA SA), Marco Conedera and Patrik Krebs (WSL), Ennio Grisa (Intercooperation Bern and Bishkek)
Coring
Lago Cicogna (355 m a.s.l., Varese, Northern Italy) lies on carbonatic rock in the Quercus-Ostrya belt
Coring at Guer mire (846 m a.s.l., Canton Ticino)
Lake Kichikol (2554 m a.s.l.) lies in the south of Kyrgyzstan, in the Juniperus semiglobosa - J. turkestanica belt of the Alay Range
This project employs a paleoecological approach to assess the natural composition and extent of different forest types in Italian and Swiss Insubria and in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia prior to intense land use. We are reconstructing Holocene vegetation dynamics, fire history, and human impacts on a regional scale by means of pollen, macrofossils, lithostratigraphy, and microscopic charcoal. These studies will provide a new scientific basis for natural and sustainable woodland management in these regions. The study is funded by the Canton Ticino, Intercooperation Bern, and University of Bern.
Lake Verkhnee (1440 m a.s.l.) is situated in the Juglans-Acer forests in the Fergana Range in the west. Extensive forests of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) occur in the mountains of the Fergana and the Chatkal ranges of Kyrgyzstan, where they form a rich cultural landscape with a mosaic of natural and planted forest stands, fields, pastures, and drier open areas
Lake Karakol (2353 m a.s.l.) is located in the north, in the Picea schrenkiana belt of the Kungei Alatau
Institute of Plant Sciences
