How long do we think humans have been planting forests? A case study with Cedrus libani A. Rich

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dc.authoridOzcan, Ali Ugur/0000-0002-9046-8074
dc.authorscopusid56967175200
dc.authorscopusid16027849100
dc.contributor.authorOzcan, Ali Ugur
dc.contributor.authorCicek, Kerim
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-12T19:50:50Z
dc.date.available2023-01-12T19:50:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentN/A/Departmenten_US
dc.description.abstractThe cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani A. Rich, is distributed around the shores of the eastern Mediterranean in Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. The most anamolous aspect of its distribution is its presence in two patches in the Black Sea Region, approximately 500 km to the north of its main distribution in Turkey. Cuneiform tablets speak of an area which was turned into a land of cedar during the Hittite era, suggesting that the two patches might have been planted at that time. Genetic studies agree that these two patches originated at a later date than the cedars further south. Here, we make use of another means to test the hypothesis that the northernmost distribution of the cedar of Lebanon was due to reforestation during the mid-Holocene period. We determine distributional patterns for the species using a maximum-entropy algorithm and identify the most important environmental factors in shaping its distribution. We project the distribution of the species under the climatic conditions of the present, the mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum. We find the distribution range of the cedar of Lebanon to have shifted over time, encompassing western and southern Anatolia in the Last Glacial Maximum, then shrinking and retracting to the western Anatolia range in the mid-Holocene. The current range of the species was arrived at after the Holocene period. The projections support the possibility that the remnant forests in northern Turkey could have been created through reforestation, and that the Hittite myth may be substantiated.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11056-021-09900-y
dc.identifier.issn0169-4286
dc.identifier.issn1573-5095
dc.identifier.issn0169-4286en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-5095en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85124076913en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-021-09900-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/76178
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000750305600001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofNew Forestsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCedar of Lebanonen_US
dc.subjectEcological niche modellingen_US
dc.subjectAnatoliaen_US
dc.subjectMiddle easten_US
dc.subjectHittiteen_US
dc.subjectReforestationen_US
dc.subjectPotential Distributionen_US
dc.subjectSpecies Distributionsen_US
dc.subjectMediterranean Regionen_US
dc.subjectAtlantica Forestsen_US
dc.subjectCentral Anatoliaen_US
dc.subjectHuman Impacten_US
dc.subjectIron-Ageen_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.subjectHoloceneen_US
dc.subjectLebanonen_US
dc.titleHow long do we think humans have been planting forests? A case study with Cedrus libani A. Richen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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