Almost all the arboreal species were affected by this change, with Pinus exhibiting a significant drop, Quercus evergreen showing a negative trend, and Quercus deciduous, Olea, Pistacia, Ostrya , and Fraxinus temporarily disappearing.
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Three Millennia of Vegetation, Land-Use, and Climate Change in SE Sicily.
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A positive trend in woody vegetation is also found at Gorgo Lungo, with increasing values of the Q. cerris type.
The transition to the Imperial Period (zone ND2-2b; 50–650 AD) is characterized by a decreasing trend of AP%, lasting throughout the Late Antiquity.