国外末次冰期极盛期以来陆地植物花粉研究主要进展

近20年来，国外对晚冰期和全新世陆地植物花粉的研完取得了一系列重要进展，主要体现在方法的改进，时间分辨能力的提高，植物对气候响应敏感性的研究，以及区域古环境复原等几个方面。对此做了初步介绍和评述。

SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS FROM ABROAD IN THE STUDIES OF FOSSIL POLLEN DURING THE LAST 18000 YEARS

Analyses of the fossil pollen, especially those from peat and lake sediments, has been one of themost important means for the reconstructions of paleoenvironments in thd global continents. A fewof major current developments in the fossil pollen studies in the countries other than China have beenreviewed in the present paper. The late developments mainly include the improvements of analysingmethods,the investigating of the plant responses to climatic change,the mapping of the space distri-bution for fossil pollen and paleoclimate, and the extracting of the peleoenvironment in formationwith higher resolution.The author believes that it may be very helpful for Chinese scientists to knowthese research progresses in the other countries.