Comprehensive paleobotanical and geochemical methods have been used to
study the relationship between the spatial scale of landscape develop
ment and values of pollen influx to lake and bog sediments. The spatia
l-temporal history of the four lakes and a bog was established in NE E
stonia and pollen analyses of their sediment were made. It was found t
hat the influx of total arboreal pollen directly corresponds with the
sizes of the sites studied, and varies with their expansion or reducti
on.