Unlocking the wealth of Dutch pollen data for future research and education

Iris K. de Wolf; Timme H. Donders; Wim Z. Hoek; Marjolein T.I.J. Gouw-Bouman; Thomas Giesecke

doi:10.1007/s00334-023-00951-z

Unlocking the wealth of Dutch pollen data for future research and education

Iris K. de Wolf^*, Timme H. Donders, Wim Z. Hoek, Marjolein T.I.J. Gouw-Bouman, Thomas Giesecke

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Abstract

Nearly 100 years ago, scientists started analysing fossil pollen and spores in the Netherlands. Since then, an enormous number of fossil pollen datasets have been generated by several researchers at different research institutes. Until recently, most pollen data from the Netherlands was not publicly available. With this communication we like to advertise that this situation has changed and present progress on the Dutch pollen database project. The data are accessible as part of the European Pollen Database in the NEOTOMA palaeoecological database. Now 600 datasets are available, which include pollen counts from the pioneers of pollen analysis as well as recent studies in the Netherlands. We provide a brief history of pollen analysis in the Netherlands to put the origin of these datasets into perspective. The historical overview does not attempt completeness but highlights the main developments throughout the last 100 years of research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	313–322
Number of pages	10
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume	33
Issue number	2
Early online date	2 Sept 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-023-00951-z
Publication status	Published - 2024

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We would like to thank Sanne Haima, Veerle Vink, Iris Kuipers and Çılga Koç for their involvement in the project. We would also like to thank all individual scientists, universities and (research) institutes who have contributed to the database. We are grateful to the Faculty of Geosciences of Utrecht University for funding this project. We would like to thank Sanne Haima, Veerle Vink, Iris Kuipers and Çılga Koç for their involvement in the project. We would also like to thank all individual scientists, universities and (research) institutes who have contributed to the database. We are grateful to the Faculty of Geosciences of Utrecht University for funding this project.

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Faculty of Geosciences of Utrecht University
Sanne Haima

Keywords

Database
EPD
History
Neotoma
Palaeoecology
Pollen analysis
The Netherlands

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