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Dugerdil, Lucas; Peyron, Odile; Ménot, Guillemette; Egamberdieva, Dilfuza; Alimov, Jakhongir; Leroy, Suzanne A G; Garnier, Eric; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Joannin, Sébastien (2025): Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base for modern pollen samples and vegetation plots: calibrations for functional diversity, climate and vegetation reconstructions in the past [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.979582

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Published: 2025-07-11 • DOI registered: 2025-08-09

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Abstract:
In order to improve understanding of past vegetation, functional diversity and climate change reconstruction in the past, we provide here the first dataset of combined pollen surface samples and vegetation plots from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, known as the Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Surface Data Base (TUSDB). The database contains surface data (pollen surface sample, associated vegetation plots), environmental database extractions for each site (mainly climate, vegetation description and plant functional traits), results from modelled variables relevant for paleoclimate and palaeoenvironmental studies (Davis Indices, pollen R-values, pollen-based plant vegetation traits and biome-scores) and an application of these methods to an available Holocene pollen sequence from the Aral Sea (climate, biome and functional diversity reconstructions). This database may enhance our understanding of past climate and vegetation changes in Arid Central Asia (ACA).
Keyword(s):
Arid Central Asia; climate reconstruction; plant functional traits; Pollen calibration; Pollen representativeness; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Vegetation plot
Supplement to:
Dugerdil, Lucas; Peyron, Odile; Ménot, Guillemette; Egamberdieva, Dilfuza; Alimov, Jakhongir; Leroy, Suzanne A G; Garnier, Eric; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Joannin, Sébastien (2025): First paleoenvironmental calibrations for modern pollen rain of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: A case study of pollen - vegetation functional biogeography of Arid Central Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 252, 104857, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104857 (Dugerdil et al. (2025b))
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Funding:
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), grant/award no. ANR-20-FRAL-0006: KUR(A)GAN
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), grant/award no. ANR-22-CE27-0018-02: STEPABILITY
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 41.331402 * Median Longitude: 64.219374 * South-bound Latitude: 37.614000 * West-bound Longitude: 58.178300 * North-bound Latitude: 45.135500 * East-bound Longitude: 71.880700
Date/Time Start: 1986-06-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-06-30T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
10 datasets

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Datasets listed in this bundled publication

  1. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Paleoclimate and paleo-environmental reconstructions inferred from pollen of the Aral 86 sediment core in relation to the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981867
  2. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Biomization scores for the sites of the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981864
  3. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Climate Parameters for the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981859
  4. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Community-weighted mean values of the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981866
  5. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Davis indices and R values in the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981863
  6. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Fractional abdunances of pollen types in the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981860
  7. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Geographical and ecological information for all sites in the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981858
  8. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Functional plant traits according to pollen type in the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981865
  9. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Fractional abdunances of plant taxa according to pollen type in the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981862
  10. Dugerdil, L; Peyron, O; Ménot, G et al. (2025): Fractional abdunances of plant taxa in the Tajik-Uzbek Surface Data Base. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.981861