A method for reconstructing temporal changes in vegetation functional trait composition using Holocene pollen assemblages - Fig 2

Linear relationships between the CWMs of vegetation and modern pollen before (top row, panels a to f) and after (middle row, panels g to l) relative pollen productivity (RPP) adjustment (T_cwand T_acw, respectively) using the 13 pollen types for which RPP estimates were available. The bottom row (panels m to r) shows the relationship between vegetation and modern pollen including all 44 pollen types with and without RPP estimates and with trait data available. Marginal r² and RMSEP values of linear mixed effects models (LMEs) of the standing vegetation as a function of the modern pollen data are shown in Table 1. Marginal r² and RMSEP were used to determine how well plot-level mean trait data of the modern pollen assemblages can predict mean trait values of the modern fen vegetation.