Quantification of Calabrian vegetation in Southern Primory'e (Far East of Russia) using multiple proxies

The investigation documents the following outcomes: 1) Vegetation types obtained from the various methods are proven to be largely consistent. All data indicate the presence of more forested conditions and show no xeric, open woodland throughout the section. 2) Vegetation as reconstructed using the various methods generally is in good agreement with the recently published climate evolution throughout the section. 3) There is a cyclic evolution of PFT diversity which is in line with climate data. 4) The changes of vegetation types obtained from IPR analysis relate to cooling/drying trends of the climate evolution.