Modelling prehistoric land use and carbon budgets: a critical review
Boyle, J.F., Gaillard, M.-J., Kaplan, J.O. and Dearing, J.A. (2011) Modelling prehistoric land use and carbon budgets: a critical review. The Holocene (doi:10.1177/0959683610386984 ).
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An evaluation of modelled estimates for C release following early land clearance at the global level based on new model assumptions suggests that earlier studies may have underestimated its magnitude, chiefly because of underestimation of the mid-Holocene global population. Alternative information sources for population and land utilisation support both a greater total CO2 release and a greater Neolithic contribution. Indeed, we show that the quantity of terrestrial C release due to early farming, even using the most conservative assumptions, greatly exceeds the net terrestrial C release estimated by inverse modelling of ice core data by Elsig et al. (Elsig J, Schmitt J, Leuenberger D, Schneider R, Eyer M, Leuenberger M et al. (2009) Stable isotope constraints on Holocene carbon cycle changes from an Antarctic ice core. Nature 461: 507–510), though uncertainty about pastglobal population estimates precludes calculation of a precise value.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0959-6836 (print) 1477-0911 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography |
| Item ID: | 193677 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2011 07:24 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2011 07:24 |
| Contributors: | Boyle, J.F. (Author) Gaillard, M.-J. (Author) Kaplan, J.O. (Author) Dearing, J.A. (Author) |
| Date: | February 2011 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/193677 |
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