Late holocene stand-scale invasion by hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) at its western range limit

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1386-1398

  Parshall, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colonization; Forest hollow; Forest stand invasion; Plant distribution; Pollen; Stomata; Tsuga canadensis; Wisconsin, USA

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0001675980     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1386:LHSSIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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