来自东方中国的温暖的适度的多山的区域的 78 件表面花粉样品的调查证明在不同陆地使用的区域的花粉集合是显著地不同的。在荒地的花粉集中比在种植园高;接着,这些比在农田高;暗示那花粉集中与增加人的影响减少。Pinus 和 Quercus 统治的树木的花粉在所有样品是普通的。当灌木花粉,蕨纲植物孢子和蕨纲植物联盟者比在荒地在农田是更低的时,草本的花粉百分比更高。庄稼花粉仅仅是可检测的在并且在农田附近;它在荒地的百分比和集中减少。谷物和十字花科花粉百分比分别地在农田平均 16.7% 和 6.7% ,但是谷物还原剂到不到 3% 和在附近的荒地的到不到 0.5% 的十字花科。原则坐标分析和聚类的分析显示从农田的花粉集合从在另外的植被类型下面的那些是可区分的。Poaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Artemisia,和 Compositae 花粉和 Selaginella sinensis 孢子的出现是仔细,与人有关,活动,和他们的类型和频率显示人的影响的紧张。庄稼, Chenopodiaceae,和 Artemisia 的空间分发在自然环境和人的活动反映变化。例如,谷物和十字花科花粉的百分比与减少的高度增加,但是与增加纬度减少。在在多山的区域的人工、扰乱人的植被下面的理解花粉集合可以在早中间的 Holocene 期间在平原上帮助人的影响的理解。
Investigation of 78 surface pollen samples from warm temperate hilly areas of eastern China shows that pollen assemblages in areas of different land use are significantly different. Pollen concentrations in wastelands are higher than in plantations; these, in turn, are higher than in farmlands; implying that pollen concentration decreases with increasing human impact. Arboreal pollen dominated by Pinus and Quercus is common in all samples. Herbaceous pollen percentages are higher while shrub pollen, fern spores and fern allies are lower in farmlands than in wastelands. Crop pollen is only detectable in and near farmlands; its percent- ages and concentrations decrease in wastelands. Cereal and Cruciferae pollen percentages average 16.7% and 6.7% in farmland respectively, but Cereal reduces to less than 3% and Cruciferae to less than 0.5% in nearby wastelands. Principle coordinates analysis and clustering analysis indicate that pollen assemblages from farmlands are distinguishable from those under other vegetation types. Occurrence of Poaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Artemisia, and Compositae pollen and Selaginella sinensis spores are closely related to human activities, and their types and frequencies indicate intensity of human impact. The spatial distribution of crops, Chenopodiaceae, and Artemisia reflects changes in both natural environments and human activities. Percentages of cereal and Cruciferae pollen, for example, increase with decreasing altitude, but decrease with increasing latitude. Understanding pollen assemblages under artificial and human-disturbed vegetation in hilly areas may aid understanding of human impacts on the plains during the early-middle Holocene.