I am a palaeoecologist and head of the laboratory for Radiocarbon Dating.
My research is focussed on using fossil pollen data to obtain quantitative reconstructions of past land cover and vegetation composition, by applying models of pollen dispersal and the relative pollen productivity of different plant species. Quantitative reconstructions are relevant for the purposes of nature and biodiversity conservation and landscape management research, where they are needed to understand long-term ecological processes, and the impact of historical and prehistoric management, which are the basis of the current biodiversity. Furthermore, qualitative reconstructions are important for climate research, as past land cover has feedback mechanisms to the climate system through impacts on albedo, carbon and nutrient cycling etc.
My methods include dating, pollen analysis, collection and age/depth modelling of lake sediments, pollen/vegetation modeling and statistical analysis, analysis of vegetation composition, both in the field and using GIS.
Publications
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Pollen based landcover reconstructions help to reveal past climate–human–land-cover interactions in Europe (LANDCLIM2)
Anneli Poska, Gustav Strandberg, Johan Lindström, Esther Githumbi, Ralph Fyfe, et al.
(2022) 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference Abstracts, Program and Proceedings
Conference paperReconstructing the local landscape around a Mesolithic settlement site at Sammakko in Norrbotten, northern Sweden
Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Svante Björck, Per Möller
(2022) 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference Abstracts, Program and Proceedings
Conference paperEuropean pollen-based REVEALS land-cover reconstructions for the Holocene : Methodology, mapping and potentials
Esther Githumbi, Ralph Fyfe, Marie Jose Gaillard, Anna Kari Trondman, Florence Mazier, et al.
(2022) Earth System Science Data, 14 p.1581-1619
Journal articleMid-Holocene European climate revisited : New high-resolution regional climate model simulations using pollen-based land-cover
Gustav Strandberg, Johan Lindström, Anneli Poska, Qiong Zhang, Ralph Fyfe, et al.
(2022) Quaternary Science Reviews, 281
Journal articleRekonstruktion av paleomiljön för området kring den Mesolitiska stenåldersboplatsen vid Sammakko, Norrbotten
Per Möller, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Svante Björck
(2022) Lundqua Report
ReportPollen-Based Maps of Past Regional Vegetation Cover in Europe Over 12 Millennia—Evaluation and Potential
Esther Githumbi, Behnaz Pirzamanbein, Johan Lindström, Anneli Poska, Ralph Fyfe, et al.
(2022) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10
Journal articleThe Integrated Use of Dendrochronological Data and Paleoecological Records From Northwest European Peatlands and Lakes for Understanding Long-Term Ecological and Climatic Changes—A Review
Johannes Edvardsson, Samuli Helama, Mats Rundgren, Anne Birgitte Nielsen
(2022) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10
Journal article reviewEnvironmental levels of radiocarbon in Lund, Sweden, prior to the start of the European Spallation Source
Kristina Eriksson Stenström, Göran Skog, Christian Bernhardsson, Sören Mattsson, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, et al.
(2022) Radiocarbon, 64 p.51-56
Journal articleTurfs and Timbers- Resource use in the construction of the Viking Age Ring Fortress Borgring, Southeast Denmark
Morten Fischer Mortensen, Claudia Baittinger, Jonas Christensen, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Søren Nielsen, et al.
(2021) Danish Journal of Archaeology, 10 p.1-18
Journal articleThe transformation of the forest steppe in the lower Danube Plain of southeastern Europe : 6000 years of vegetation and land use dynamics
Angelica Feurdean, Roxana Grindean, Gabriela Florescu, Ioan Tantǎu, Eva M. Niedermeyer, et al.
(2021) Biogeosciences, 18 p.1081-1103
Journal articleRelative sea level changes and glacio-isostatic modelling in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile : glacial and tectonic implications
Svante Björck, Kurt Lambeck, Per Möller, Nicolas Waldmann, Ole Bennike, et al.
(2021) Quaternary Science Reviews, 251
Journal articleImpacts of long-term land use on terrestrial organic matter input to lakes based on lignin phenols in sediment records from a Swedish forest lake
Bingjie Yang, Karl Ljung, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Elise Fahlgren, Dan Hammarlund
(2021) Science of the Total Environment, 774
Journal articleQuantitative landscape reconstruction and erosion history during the past 1,100 years in the Skogaryd Research Catchment, southern Sweden
Bingjie Yang, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Karl Ljung, Elise Fahlgren, Anne Hormes, et al.
(2020) Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Journal articleThe Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2
Basil A.S. Davis, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Marcelina Zimny
(2020) Earth System Science Data, 12 p.2423-2445
Journal articleMillennial-scale land-use changes and their effect on a small lake in southern Sweden based on pollen and lignin phenols
Bingjie Yang, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Karl Ljung, Dan Hammarlund
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractHolocene quantitative pollen-based vegetation reconstructions in Europe for climate modelling: LandClim II
Esther Githumbi, Ralph M. Fyfe, Erik Kjellström, Johan Lindström, Zhengyao Lu, et al.
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractHow much did the Black Death affect regional scale vegetation composition in southern Sweden?
Anne Birgitte Nielsen
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractRelative pollen productivity estimates in the forest steppe landscape of southeastern Romania
Roxana Grindean, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Ioan Tanţău, Angelica Feurdean
(2019) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 264 p.54-63
Journal articleImpacts of land-use on terrestrial organic matter input to an aquatic ecosystem over the past millennium
Bingjie Yang, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Karl Ljung, Elise Fahlgren, Anne Hormes, et al.
(2019) Conference Proceedings, 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry
Conference paperEurope's lost forests : A pollen-based synthesis for the last 11,000 years
N. Roberts, R. M. Fyfe, J. Woodbridge, M. J. Gaillard, B. A.S. Davis, et al.
(2018) Scientific Reports, 8
Journal articleAnthropogenic and climatic impacts on a coastal environment in the Baltic Sea over the last 1000 years
W. Ning, A. B. Nielsen, L. Norbäck Ivarsson, T. Jilbert, C. M. Åkesson, et al.
(2018) Anthropocene, 21 p.66-79
Journal articleUsing Pollen Data and Models to Asses Landscape Structure and the Role of Grazers in Pre-agricultural Denmark
Anne Birgitte Nielsen
(2018) IUFRO World Series, 37 p.242-248
Book chapterConstraining the deforestation history of Europe : Evaluation of historical land use scenarios with pollen-based land cover reconstructions
Jed O. Kaplan, Kristen M. Krumhardt, Marie José Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, Anna Kari Trondman, et al.
(2017) Land, 6
Journal articleLong-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images
Angelica Feurdean, Catalina Munteanu, Tobias Kuemmerle, Anne B. Nielsen, Simon M. Hutchinson, et al.
(2017) Regional Environmental Change, 17 p.2193-2207
Journal articleQuantifying the effects of land use and climate on Holocene vegetation in Europe
Laurent Marquer, Marie-José Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, Anneli Poska, Anna-Kari Trondman, et al.
(2017) Quaternary Science Reviews, 171 p.20-37
Journal articleLate Holocene landscape development around a Roman Iron Age mass grave, Alken Enge, Denmark
Niels Emil Søe, Bent Vad Odgaard, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Jesper Olsen, Søren M. Kristiansen
(2017) Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 26 p.277-292
Journal articlePollen production estimates (PPEs) and fall speeds for major tree taxa and relevant source areas of pollen (RSAP) in Changbai Mountain, northeastern China
Yiyin Li, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Xueqin Zhao, Lingjun Shan, Shengzhong Wang, et al.
(2015) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 216 p.92-100
Journal articleFrom landscape description to quantification: A new generation of reconstructions provides new perspectives on Holocene regional landscapes of SE Sweden
Christine Åkesson, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Anna Brostrom, Thomas Persson, Marie-Jose Gaillard, et al.
(2015) The Holocene, 25 p.178-193
Journal articleOrigin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe)
Angelica Feurdean, Elena Marinova, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Johan Liakka, Daniel Veres, et al.
(2015) Journal of Biogeography, 42 p.951-963
Journal articleHistorical TOC concentration minima during peak sulfur deposition in two Swedish lakes
Petra Bragée, F. Mazier, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, P. Rosen, Daniel Fredh, et al.
(2015) Biogeosciences, 12 p.307-322
Journal articlePollen-based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene regional vegetation cover (plant-functional types and land-cover types) in Europe suitable for climate modelling
A. -K. Trondman, M. -J. Gaillard, F. Mazier, S. Sugita, R. Fyfe, et al.
(2015) Global Change Biology, 21 p.676-697
Journal articleCauses of Regional Change—Land Cover
Marie-José Gaillard, Thomas Kleinen, Patrick Samuelsson, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Johan Bergh, et al.
(2015) Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin , p.453-477
Book chapterThe Verijarv area, South Estonia over the last millennium: A high resolution quantitative land-cover reconstruction based on pollen and historical data
Anneli Poska, Leili Saarse, Kalev Koppel, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Eve Avel, et al.
(2014) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 207 p.5-17
Journal articleRegional climate model simulations for Europe at 6 and 0.2 k BP: sensitivity to changes in anthropogenic deforestation
G. Strandberg, E. Kjellstrom, Anneli Poska, S. Wagner, M. -J. Gaillard, et al.
(2014) Climate of the Past, 10 p.661-680
Journal articleHolocene changes in vegetation composition in northern Europe: why quantitative pollen-based vegetation reconstructions matter
Laurent Marquer, Marie-Jose Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, Anna-Kari Trondman, Florence Mazier, et al.
(2014) Quaternary Science Reviews, 90 p.199-216
Journal articleCreating spatially continuous maps of past land cover from point estimates: A new statistical approach applied to pollen data
Behnaz Pirzamanbein, Johan Lindström, Anneli Poska, Shinya Sugita, Anna-Kari Trondman, et al.
(2014) Ecological Complexity: An International Journal on Biocomplexity in the Environment and Theoretical Ecology, 20 p.127-141
Journal articleThe role of holocene land-use change (6K to 0.2K before present) on regional climate via biogeophysical feedbacks in NW Europe.
M. Gaillard, G. Strandberg, Anneli Poska, Jakub Kaplan, Benjamin Smith, et al.
(2014)
Conference paperFrom land cover-climate relationships at the subcontinental scale to land cover-environment relationships at the regional and local spatial scale – the contribution of pollen-based quantitative reconstructions of vegetation cover using the Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm approach.
M. Gaillard, Q. Cui, R. Fyfe, G. Lemdahl, Florence Mazier, et al.
(2014)
Conference paperModelling past anthropogenic land-cover change and its effects on climate, terrestrial carbon balance and marine ecosystems in north-western Europe. Combining terrestrial and marine proxy data with dynamic ecosystem and climate modelling, abstract book
Anneli Poska, A.-K. Trondman, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, B. Pirzamanbin, G. Strandberg, et al.
(2014)
Conference paperPalynological perspectives on vegetation survey: a critical step for model-based reconstruction of Quaternary land cover
M. J. Bunting, M. Farrell, Anna Broström, K. L. Hjelle, Florence Mazier, et al.
(2013) Quaternary Science Reviews, 82 p.41-55
Journal articleQuantitative vegetation reconstruction from pollen analysis and historical inventory data around a Danish small forest hollow
Mette Venas Overballe-Petersen, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Richard H. W. Bradshaw
(2013) Journal of Vegetation Science, 24 p.755-771
Journal articleLong-term forest dynamics at Gribskov, eastern Denmark with early-Holocene evidence for thermophilous broadleaved tree species
Mette Venas Overballe-Petersen, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Gina E. Hannon, Karen Halsall, Richard H. W. Bradshaw
(2013) The Holocene, 23 p.243-254
Journal articleREVEALS-based reconstruction of regional vegetation and land cover for evaluation of a dynamic vegetation model along N-S and W-E transects in NW Europé
Laurent Marquer, M.J Gaillard, S Sugita, Anneli Poska, A.K Trondman, et al.
(2013)
Conference paperREVEALS-based reconstruction of regional vegetation and land cover for evaluation of a dynamic vegetation model in N-NW Europé
Laurent Marquer, Marie-José Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, Anneli Poska, A.K Trondman, et al.
(2013)
Conference paperLand cover-climate interactions in NW Europe, 6000 BP and 200 BP – first results of the Swedish LANDCLIM project
Anna-Kari Trondman, Mari-José Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, Ralph Fyfe, Jed Kaplan, et al.
(2013)
Conference paperHolocene changes in pollen-based vegetation composition in N-NW Europe: why does quantitative reconstruction matters?
Laurent Marquer, Marie-José Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, Anneli Poska, A.K Trondman, et al.
(2013)
Conference paperSignals of tree volume and temperature in a high-resolution record of pollen accumulation rates in northern Finland
Florence Mazier, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Anna Broström, S. Sugita, S. Hicks
(2012) Journal of Quaternary Science, 27 p.564-574
Journal articlePollen assemblages and their environmental implications in the Qaidam Basin, NW China
Shengrui Zhang, Qinghai Xu, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Hui Chen, Yuecong Li, et al.
(2012) Boreas, 41 p.602-613
Journal articleQuantitative reconstructions of changes in regional openness in north-central Europe reveal new insights into old questions
Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Thomas Giesecke, Martin Theuerkauf, Ingo Feeser, Karl-Ernst Behre, et al.
(2012) Quaternary Science Reviews, 47 p.131-149
Journal articleEvaluating the effect of flowering age and forest structure on pollen productivity estimates
Isabelle Matthias, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Thomas Giesecke
(2012) Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 21 p.471-484
Journal articleModel estimates of Holocene regional land-cover inferred from pollen records for climate modelling
A-K Trondman, Florence Mazier, R. Fyfe, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, M.-J. Gaillard
(2011)
Conference paperThe effect of climate conditions on inter-annual flowering variability monitored by pollen traps below the canopy in Draved Forest, Denmark
Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Peter Friis Møller, Thomas Giesecke, Beth Stavngaard, Sonia L. Fontana, et al.
(2010) Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 19 p.309-323
Journal articleQuantitative landscape dynamics in Denmark through the last three millennia based on the landscape reconstruction algorithm approach
Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Bent Vad Odgaard
(2010) Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 19 p.375-387
Journal articlePostglacial evolution and spatial differentiation of seasonal temperate rainforest in western Canada
K. J. Brown, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, R. J. Fitton, R. J. Hebda
(2008) The Holocene, 18 p.715-727
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