Acta Palaeobotanica 40(2): 207–214, 2000

The role of pollen transport by wind in the formation of recent pollen spectra on Chernogora (Ukrainian Carpathians)

Summary: ABSTRACT. Pollen spectra of recent soils in the highest part of the Ukrainian Carpathians, Chernogora massif, are given, for two transects at altitudes from 1350 m to 1750 m a.s.l. and 1822 m to 2001 m a.s.l. Above the timberline and especially in the alpine belt pollen spectra consist mostly of transported arboreal pollen (up to 90%), among which Fagus sylvatica pollen is predominant (up to 58%).

Keywords: Carpathians, transported pollen, wind direction, Fagus