Publications

Valūnas, D., Mažeika, J., Pukienė, R., Stančikaitė, M., Skuratovič, Ž. 2024. Inter- and intra-annual carbon isotope fluctuations in Pinus Sylvestris l. Tree rings whole wood and cellulose in north-eastern Lithuania. Geochronometria, 51 (1): art. no. 192785. https://doi.org/10.20858/geochr/192785

Serge, M.A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M.J., Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, E., Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A.B., Trondman, A.K., Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Abel-Schaad, D., Akesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S.T., Anderson, R.S., Andric, M., Balakauskas, L., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H.J.B., Bjorkman, L., Bjune, A.E., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Curras, A., Czerwinski, S., David, R., Davies, A.L., De Jong, R., Di Rita, F., Dietre, B., Dorfler, W., Doyen, E., Edwards, K.J., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Franco-Mugica, F., Fredh, E.D., Froyd, C., Garces-Pastor, S., Garcia-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, G., Gonzalez-Samperiz, P., Grant, M.J., Grindean, R., Haas, J.N., Hannon, G., Heather, A.J., Heikkila, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Kabailienė, M., Kamerling, I.M., Kangur, M., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kolaczek, P., Lageras, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., Lopez-Saez, J.A., Lowe, J., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Lukanina, E., Macijauskaitė, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Marquer, L., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernandez, J.M., Mighall, T., Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Sobrino, C.M., Odgaard, B., Ozola, I., Perez-Diaz, S., Perez-Obiol, R.P., Poggi, C., Rego, P.R., Ramos-Roman, M.J., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Rosch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M.S., Savukynienė, N., Schroder, T., Schult, M., Segerstrom, U., Seppa, H., Vives, G.S., Shumilovskikh, L., Smettan, H.W., Stančikaitė, M., Stevenson, A.C., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., van der Knaap, W.O., van Leeuwen, J.F.N., Vecmane, E., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von Stedingk, H., Waller, M.P., Wiethold, J., Willis, K.J., Wolters, S., Zernitskaya, V.P. 2023. Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model: A validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation. Land, 12 (5): art. no. 986. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050986

Druzhinina, O., Stančikaitė, M., Gedminienė, L., Vaikutienė, G., Lavrova, N., Kublitskiy, Y., Subetto, D. 2023. Anthropogenic impact on the landscape of the Vishtynets Upland (Kaliningrad region, SE Baltic) in prehistory and Middle Ages: A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study. Quaternary International, 644: 145–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.05.016

Githumbi, E., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M.J., Trondman, A.K., Mazier, F., Nielsen, A.B., Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Azuara, J., Feurdean, A., Grindean, R., Lebreton, V., Marquer, L., Nebout-Combourieu, N., Stančikaitė, M., Tantau, I., Tonkov, S., Shumilovskikh, L. 2022. European pollen-based REVEALS land-cover reconstructions for the Holocene: methodology, mapping and potentials. Earth System Science Data, 14 (4): 1581–1619. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1581-2022

Gudaitienė, G., Motuza, G., Stančikaitė, M., Pukienė, R., Kisielienė, D., Mažeika, J., Čelkis, T., Baltramiejūnaitė, D., Šapolaitė, J., Ežerinskis, Ž. 2022. New insights into the medieval history of a non-urban territory: multidisciplinary investigations in SE Lithuania. Baltica, 35 (2): 91–113. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2022.2.1

Stančikaitė, M., Zernitskaya, V., Kluczynska, G., Valūnas, D., Gedminienė, L., Uogintas, D., Skuratovič, Ž., Vlasov, B., Gastevičienė, N., Ežerinskis, Ž., Šapolaitė, J., Šeirienė, V. 2022. The Lateglacial and Early Holocene vegetation dynamics: New multi-proxy data from the central Belarus. Quaternary International, 630: 121–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.05.004

Harrison, S.P., Villegas-Diaz, R., Cruz-Silva, E., Gallagher, D., Kesner, D., Lincoln, P., Shen, Y.C., Sweeney, L., Colombaroli, D., Ali, A., Barhoumi, C., Bergeron, Y., Blyakharchuk, T., Bobek, P., Bradshaw, R., Clear, J.L., Czerwinski, S., Daniau, A.L., Dodson, J., Edwards, K.J., Edwards, M.E., Feurdean, A., Foster, D., Gajewski, K., Galka, M., Garneau, M., Giesecke, T., Romera, G.G., Girardin, M.P., Hoefer, D., Huang, K.Y., Inoue, J., Jamrichova, E., Jasiunas, N., Jiang, W.Y., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kolaczek, P., Kuosmanen, N., Lamentowicz, M., Lavoie, M., Li, F., Li, J.Y., Lisitsyna, O., Lopez- Saez, J.A., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Magnan, G., Magyari, E.K., Maksims, A., Marcisz, K., Marinova, E., Marlon, J., Mensing, S., Miroslaw-Grabowska, J., Oswald, W., Perez-Diaz, S., Perez-Obiol, R., Piilo, S., Poska, A., Qin, X.G., Remy, C.C., Richard, P.J.H., Salonen, S., Sasaki, N., Schneider, H., Shotyk, W., Stančikaitė, M., Steinberga, D., Stivrins, N., Takahara, H., Tan, Z.H., Trasune, L., Umbanhowar, C.E., Valiranta, M., Vassiljev, J., Xiao, X.Y., Xu, Q.H., Xu, X., Zawisza, E., Zhao, Y., Zhou, Z., Paillard, J. (2022) The Reading Palaeofire Database: an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records. Earth System Science Data, 14 (3): 1109–1124. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1109-2022

Izdebski, A., Guzowski, P., Poniat, R., Masci, L., Palli, J., Vignola, C., Bauch, M., Cocozza, C., Fernandes, R., Ljungqvist, F.C., Newfield, T., Seim, A., Abel-Schaad, D., Alba-Sanchez, F., Bjorkman, L., Brauer, A., Brown, A., Czerwinski, S., Ejarque, A., Filoc, M., Florenzano, A., Fredh, E.D., Fyfe, R., Jasiunas, N., Kolaczek, P., Kouli, K., Kozakova, R., Kupryjanowicz, M., Lageras, P., Lamentowicz, M., Lindbladh, M., Lopez-Saez, J.A., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Marcisz, K., Mazier, F., Mensing, S., Mercuri, A.M., Milecka, K., Miras, Y., Noryskiewicz, A.M., Novenko, E., Obremska, M., Panajiotidis, S., Papadopoulou, M.L., Pedziszewska, A., Perez-Diaz, S., Piovesan, G., Pluskowski, A., Pokorny, P., Poska, A., Reitalu, T., Rosch, M., Sadori, L., Ferreira, C.S., Sebag, D., Slowinski, M., Stančikaitė, M., Stivrins, N., Tunno, I., Veski, S., Wacnik, A., Masi, A. (2022) Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6: 297–306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4

Spiridonov, A., Vaikutienė, G., Stankevič, R., Druzhinina, O., Šeirienė, V., Subetto, D., Kublitsky, J., Stančikaitė, M. (2021) Response of freshwater diatoms to cold events in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene (SE Baltic region). Quaternary International, 589: 112–123. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.017″>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.017

Šeirienė, V., Gastevičienė, N., Luoto, T.P., Gedminienė, L., Stančikaitė, M. (2021) The Lateglacial and early Holocene climate variability and vegetation dynamics derived from chironomid and pollen records of Lieporiai palaeolake, North Lithuania. Quaternary International, 605: 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.017

Feurdean, A., Vanniere, B., Finsinger, W., Warren, D., Connor, S.C., Forrest, M., Liakka, J., Panait, A., Werner, C., Andric, M., Bobek, P., Carter, V.A., Davis, B., Diaconu, A.C., Dietze, E., Feeser, I., Florescu, G., Galka, M., Giesecke, T., Jahns, S., Jamrichova, E., Kajukalo, K., Kaplan, J., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kolaczek, P., Kunes, P., Kupriyanov, D., Lamentowicz, M., Lemmen, C., Magyari, E.K., Marcisz, K., Marinova, E., Niamir, A., Novenko, E., Obremska, M., Pedziszewska, A., Pfeiffer, M., Poska, A., Rosch, M., Slowinski, M., Stančikaitė, M., Szal, M., Swieta-Musznicka, J., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., Valko, O., Vassiljev, J., Veski, S., Vincze, I., Wacnik, A., Wiethold, J., Hickler, T. (2020) Fire hazard modulation by long-term dynamics in land cover and dominant forest type in eastern and central Europe. Biogeosciences, 17 (4): 1213–1230. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1213-2020

Druzhinina, O., Kublitskiy, Y., Stančikaitė, M., Nazarova, L., Syrykh, L., Gedminienė, L.,Uogintas, D., Skipitytė, R., Arslanov, K., Vaikutienė, G., Kulkova, M., Subetto, D. (2020) The Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the SE Baltic region: a new approach based on chironomid, geochemical and isotopic data from Kamyshovoye Lake, Russia. Boreas, 49 (3): 544–561. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12438

Kublitskiy, Y., Kulkova, M., Druzhinina, O., Subetto, D., Stančikaitė, M., Gedminienė, L., Arslanov, K. (2020) Geochemical approach to the reconstruction of sedimentation processes in Kamyshovoye Lake (SE Baltic, Russia) during the Late Glacial and Holocene. Minerals, 10 (9): art. no. 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10090764

Stančikaitė, M., Gedminienė, L., Edvardsson, J., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Gryguc, G., Uogintas, D., Zinkutė, R., Skuratovič, Ž., Taraškevičius, R. (2019) Holocene vegetation and hydroclimatic dynamics in SE Lithuania – Implications from a multi-proxy study of the Cepkeliai bog. Quaternary International. 501: 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.039

Gedminienė, L., Šiliauskas, L., Skuratovič, Z., Taraškevičius, R., Zinkutė, R., Kazbaris, M., Ežerinskis, Ž., Šapolaitė, J., Gastevičienė, N., Šeirienė, V., Stančikaitė, M. (2019) The Lateglacial-Early Holocene dynamics of the sedimentation environment based on the multi-proxy abiotic study of Lieporiai palaeolake, Northern Lithuania. Baltica. 32 (1): 63-77. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.1.8

Stančikaitė, M., Simniškytė, A., Skuratovič, Ž., Gedminienė, L., Kazakauskas, V., Uogintas, D. (2019) Reconstruction of the mid-to Late-Holocene history of vegetation and land-use in Petresiunai, north-east Lithuania: Implications from palaeobotanical and archaeological data. Quaternary International. 516: 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.029

Spiridonov, A., Balakauskas, L., Stankevič, R., Kluczynska, G., Gedminienė, L., Stančikaitė, M. (2019) Holocene vegetation patterns in southern Lithuania indicate astronomical forcing on the millennial and centennial time scales. Scientific Reports. 9: art. no. 14711. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51321-7

Šeirienė, V., Šinkūnas, P., Stančikaitė, M., Kisielienė, D., Gedminienė, L. (2019) Late Middle Pleistocene interglacial sediments from Buivydziai site, eastern Lithuania: A problem of chronostratigraphic correlation. Quaternary International. 534: 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.03.006

Edvardsson, J., Stančikaitė, M., Miras, Y., Corona, C., Gryguc, G., Gedminienė, L., Mažeika, J., Stoffel, M. (2018) Late-Holocene vegetation dynamics in response to a changing climate and anthropogenic influences – Insights from stratigraphic records and subfossil trees from southeast Lithuania. Quaternary Science Reviews. 185: 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.02.006

Dietze, E., Theuerkauf, M., Bloom, K., Brauer, A., Dorfler, W., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Gedminienė, L., Giesecke, T., Jahns, S., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kolaczek, P., Lamentowicz, M., Latalowa, M., Marcisz, K., Obremska, M., Pedziszewska, A., Poska, A., Rehfeld, K., Stančikaitė, M., Stivrins, N., Swieta-Musznicka, J., Szal, M., Vassiljev, J., Veski, S., Wacnik, A., Weisbrodt, D., Wiethold, J., Vanniere, B., Slowinski, M. (2018) Holocene fire activity during low-natural flammability periods reveals scale-dependent cultural human-fire relationships in Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews. 201: 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.005

Stivrins N., Soininen J., Amon L., Fontana S.L., Gryguc G., Heikkila M., Heiri O., Kisielienė D., Reitalu T., Stančikaitė M., Veski S., Seppa H. (2016) Biotic turnover rates during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Quaternary Science Reviews. 151: 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.008

Zernitskaya V., Stančikaitė M., Vlasov B., Šeirienė V., Kisielienė D., Gryguc G., Skipitytė R. (2015) Vegetation pattern and sedimentation changes in the context of the Lateglacial climatic events: case study of Staroje Lake (Eastern Belarus). Quaternary International. 386: 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.045

Veski S., Seppä H., Stančikaitė M., Zernitskaya V., Reitalu T., Gryguc G., Heinsalu A., Stivrins N., Amon L., Vassiljev J., Heiri O. (2015) Quantitative summer and winter temperature reconstructions from pollen and chironomid data between 15 and 8 ka BP in the Baltic-Belarus area. Quaternary International. 388: 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.059

Feurdean, A., Persoiu, A., Tantau, L., Stevens, T., Magyari, E.K., Onac, B.P., Markovic, S., Andric, M., Connor, S., Farcas, S., Galka, M., Gaudeny, T., Hoek, W., Kolaczek, P., Kunes, P., Lamentowicz, M., Marinova, E., Michczynska, D.J., Persoiu, I., Plociennik, M., Slowinski, M., Stančikaitė, M., Sumegi, P., Svensson, A., Tamas, T., Timar, A., Tonkov, S., Toth, M., Veski, S., Willis, K.J., Zernitskaya, V. (2014) Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews. 106 (SI): 206-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.003

Balakauskas, L., Taminskas, J., Mažeika, J., Stančikaitė, M. (2013) Lateglacial and early-Holocene palaeohydrological changes in the upper reaches of the Ūla River : an example from southeastern Lithuania. The Holocene, 23 (1): 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612455552

Stančikaitė, M., Bliujienė, A., Kisielienė, D., Mažeika, J., Taraškevičius, R., Messalc, S., Szwarczewski, P., Kusiak, J., Stakėnienė, R. (2013) Population history and palaeoenvironment in the Skomantai archaeological site, West Lithuania : two thousand years. Quaternary international. 308: 190–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.2108

Gryguc, G., Kisielienė, D., Stančikaitė, M., Šeirienė, V., Skuratovič, Ž., Vaitkevičius, V., Gaidamavičius, A. (2013) Holocene sediment record from Briaunis palaeolake, Eastern Lithuania : history of sedimentary environment and vegetation dynamics. Baltica. 26 (2): 121-136. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2013.26.13

Piličiauskas, G., Mažeika, J., Gaidamavičius, A., Vaikutienė, G., Bitinas, A., Skuratovič, Ž., Stančikaitė, M. (2012) New archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and 14C data from the Šventoji Neolithic Sites, NW Lithuania. Radiocarbon. 54 (3–4): 1017–1031. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200047640

Kisielienė, D., Masiulienė, I., Daugnora, L., Stančikaitė, M., Mažeika, J., Vaikutienė, G., Petrošius, R. (2012) History of the environment and population of the old town of Klaipėda, Western Lithuania : multidisciplinary approach to the last millennium. Radiocarbon. 54 (3–4): 1003–1015. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200047639

Taraškevičius, R., Stančikaitė, M., Bliujienė, A., Stakėnienė, R., Zinkutė, R., Kusiak, J. (2012) Search for geochemical indicators of pre-urban habitation sites : case study from the Skomantai hill-fort and settlement, western Lithuania. Geochemistry : exploration, environment, analysis. 12 (4): 265–275. https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2012-123

Salonen, J. S., Ilvonen, L., Seppä, H., Holmström, L., Telford, R. J., Gaidamavičius, A., Stančikaitė, M., Subetto, D. (2012) Comparing different calibration methods (WA/WA-PLS regression and Bayesian modelling) and different-sized calibration sets in pollen-based quantitative climate reconstruction. The Holocene, 22 (4): 413–424. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611425548

Šeirienė, V., Stančikaitė, M., Kisielienė, D. (2011) Development of palaeobotanical studies at the Institute of Geology and Geography. Baltica. 24 (SI): 43–46.

Stančikaitė, M. (2011) Decade of changes at the Institute of Geology and Geography (2001-2011). Baltica. 24 (SI): 13–18.

Gaidamavičius, A., Stančikaitė, M., Kisielienė, D., Mažeika, J., Gryguč, G. (2011) Post-glacial vege tation and environment of the Labanoras Region, East Lithuania : implications for regional history. Geological quarterly. 55 (3): 269–284.

Stančikaitė, M., Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B., Karmazienė D., Molodkov, A., Ostrauskas, T., Obukhovsky, V., Sidorowich, W., Motuzko, A. (2011) The Late Glacial history of Gornitsa foreland and Kovaltsy Palaeolithic site, W Belarus. Baltica. 24 (1): 25-36.