Wall, Alex, Nguyen, Annie, Rowe, Cassandra, Boyd, Kelsey, Cadd, Haidee, McDermott, Imogen, Owens, Giselle, Perry, Tahlia, Steele, Serayah, and Stevenson, Janelle (2025) Traps n' Maps: Developing a Palynological Monitoring Network across Australia. Quaternary Australasia, 42 (1). pp. 30-36.

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Abstract

Understanding how pollen moves from ecosystems to fossil deposits is key to reconstructing Australia’s environmental past. Traditionally, moss cushions have been used to study pollen accumulation. However, in many Australian landscapes, moss is sparse, and so an alternative is needed. Artificial pollen traps can fill this gap, and so, with the support of an internal CABAH grant, we created Traps 'n' Maps (TnM) to help document annual pollen deposition and associated plant cover as far and as wide as possible. It's a monumental task, though; too vast for any single research team to tackle alone. Which is why we also created VegeMap, a supporting citizen science project designed to build a network of helpers and extend our capabilities.

Item ID:	90943
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	0811-0433
Copyright Information:	© Australasian Quaternary Association.
Funders:	Australian Research Council
Projects and Grants:	CE170100015
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2026 06:54
FoR Codes:	31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310306 Palaeoecology @ 80% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310308 Terrestrial ecology @ 20%
SEO Codes:	28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280111 Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences @ 40% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 60%
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