List of works - Willem O. van der Knaap

A long-term perspective on biomass burning in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal

article

A near-annual palaeohydrological study based on testate amoebae from a sub-alpine mire: surface wetness and the role of climate during the instrumental period

article published in 2010

A range‐wide postglacial history of Swiss stone pine based on molecular markers and palaeoecological evidence

scientific article published in 2023

Changes in biodiversity and vegetation composition in the central Swiss Alps during the transition from pristine forest to first farming

article

Comparing pollen spectra from modified Tauber traps and moss samples: examples from a selection of woodlands across Europe

Contrasting species-environment relationships in communities of testate amoebae, bryophytes and vascular plants along the fen-bog gradient.

scientific article

Contribution to Neotoma: Hallwilersee (Switzerland) pollen and diatoms

scientific article published in 2023

From early pollen trapping experiments to the Pollen Monitoring Programme

Holocene timber-line dynamics at Bachalpsee, a lake at 2265 m a.s.l. in the northern Swiss Alps

article

Holocene tree immigration and the chironomid fauna of a small Swiss subalpine lake (Hinterburgsee, 1515 m asl)

article

Humans take control of fire-driven diversity changes in Mediterranean Iberia’s vegetation during the mid–late Holocene

Lateglacial environmental and climatic changes at the Maloja Pass, Central Swiss Alps, as recorded by chironomids and pollen

article

Long-term population dynamics: Theory and reality in a peatland ecosystem

article published in 2017

Millennial multi-proxy reconstruction of oasis dynamics in Jordan, by the Dead Sea

Palaeoenvironmental changes in Central Europe (NE Poland) during the last 6200 years reconstructed from a high-resolution multi-proxy peat archive

scientific article published in 2014

Palaeohydrology, fires and vegetation succession in the southern Baltic during the last 7500years reconstructed from a raised bog based on multi-proxy data

scientific article published in 2013

Past and future evolution of Abies alba forests in Europe - comparison of a dynamic vegetation model with palaeo data and observations

scientific article

Persistence of Artemisia steppe in the Tangra Yumco Basin, west-central Tibet, China: despite or in consequence of Holocene lake-level changes?

scholarly article

Pollen percentage thresholds of Abies alba based on 13-year annual records of pollen deposition in modified Tauber traps: perspectives of application to fossil situations

scientific article

Pollen reveals the diet and environment of an extinct Pleistocene giant deer from the Netherlands

scientific article published in 2024

Prediction of plant species distributions across six millennia

scientific article

Quantitative Palynology Informing Conservation Ecology in the Bohemian/Bavarian Forests of Central Europe

scientific article published in January 2017

The Würmian Late-Glacial and early-Holocene vegetation and environment of Gourds des Aillères in the Monts du Forez (Massif Central, France) based on pollen and macrofossil evidence

scientific article published on 20 May 2022

The development of composite dispersal functions for estimating absolute pollen productivity in the Swiss Alps

The ecological consequences of megafaunal loss: giant tortoises and wetland biodiversity

scientific article (publication date: February 2014)

The ecological impact of oceanic island colonization - a palaeoecological perspective from the Azores

The effect of abrupt climatic warming on biogeochemical cycling and N2O emissions in a terrestrial ecosystem

article

The performance of single- and multi-proxy transfer functions (testate amoebae, bryophytes, vascular plants) for reconstructing mire surface wetness and pH

article

The potential of stomata analysis in conifers to estimate presence of conifer trees: examples from the Alps

article

Towards quantitative palynology: using pollen accumulation rates and models of pollen dispersal

scholarly article by Thomas Giesecke published in August 2010

Unveiling exceptional Baltic bog ecohydrology, autogenic succession and climate change during the last 2000 years in CE Europe using replicate cores, multi-proxy data and functional traits of testate amoebae

scholarly article by Mariusz Gałka et al published January 2017 in Quaternary Science Reviews

Variation in annual pollen accumulation rates of Fagus along a N–S transect in Europe based on pollen traps

Vegetation and disturbance history of the Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

scientific article published in 2019

Vegetation responses to rapid warming and to minor climatic fluctuations during the Late-Glacial Interstadial (GI-1) at Gerzensee (Switzerland)

article

List of works by Willem O. van der Knaap

A long-term perspective on biomass burning in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal

A near-annual palaeohydrological study based on testate amoebae from a sub-alpine mire: surface wetness and the role of climate during the instrumental period

A range‐wide postglacial history of Swiss stone pine based on molecular markers and palaeoecological evidence

Changes in biodiversity and vegetation composition in the central Swiss Alps during the transition from pristine forest to first farming

Comparing pollen spectra from modified Tauber traps and moss samples: examples from a selection of woodlands across Europe

Contrasting species-environment relationships in communities of testate amoebae, bryophytes and vascular plants along the fen-bog gradient.

Contribution to Neotoma: Hallwilersee (Switzerland) pollen and diatoms

From early pollen trapping experiments to the Pollen Monitoring Programme

Holocene timber-line dynamics at Bachalpsee, a lake at 2265 m a.s.l. in the northern Swiss Alps

Holocene tree immigration and the chironomid fauna of a small Swiss subalpine lake (Hinterburgsee, 1515 m asl)

Humans take control of fire-driven diversity changes in Mediterranean Iberia’s vegetation during the mid–late Holocene

Lateglacial environmental and climatic changes at the Maloja Pass, Central Swiss Alps, as recorded by chironomids and pollen

Long-term population dynamics: Theory and reality in a peatland ecosystem

Millennial multi-proxy reconstruction of oasis dynamics in Jordan, by the Dead Sea

Palaeoenvironmental changes in Central Europe (NE Poland) during the last 6200 years reconstructed from a high-resolution multi-proxy peat archive

Palaeohydrology, fires and vegetation succession in the southern Baltic during the last 7500years reconstructed from a raised bog based on multi-proxy data

Past and future evolution of Abies alba forests in Europe - comparison of a dynamic vegetation model with palaeo data and observations

Persistence of Artemisia steppe in the Tangra Yumco Basin, west-central Tibet, China: despite or in consequence of Holocene lake-level changes?

Pollen percentage thresholds of Abies alba based on 13-year annual records of pollen deposition in modified Tauber traps: perspectives of application to fossil situations

Pollen reveals the diet and environment of an extinct Pleistocene giant deer from the Netherlands

Prediction of plant species distributions across six millennia

Quantitative Palynology Informing Conservation Ecology in the Bohemian/Bavarian Forests of Central Europe

The Würmian Late-Glacial and early-Holocene vegetation and environment of Gourds des Aillères in the Monts du Forez (Massif Central, France) based on pollen and macrofossil evidence

The development of composite dispersal functions for estimating absolute pollen productivity in the Swiss Alps

The ecological consequences of megafaunal loss: giant tortoises and wetland biodiversity

The ecological impact of oceanic island colonization - a palaeoecological perspective from the Azores

The effect of abrupt climatic warming on biogeochemical cycling and N2O emissions in a terrestrial ecosystem

The performance of single- and multi-proxy transfer functions (testate amoebae, bryophytes, vascular plants) for reconstructing mire surface wetness and pH

The potential of stomata analysis in conifers to estimate presence of conifer trees: examples from the Alps

Towards quantitative palynology: using pollen accumulation rates and models of pollen dispersal

Unveiling exceptional Baltic bog ecohydrology, autogenic succession and climate change during the last 2000 years in CE Europe using replicate cores, multi-proxy data and functional traits of testate amoebae

Variation in annual pollen accumulation rates of Fagus along a N–S transect in Europe based on pollen traps

Vegetation and disturbance history of the Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

Vegetation responses to rapid warming and to minor climatic fluctuations during the Late-Glacial Interstadial (GI-1) at Gerzensee (Switzerland)