Human impact on the forests of Bermuda: The decline of endemic cedar and palmetto since 1609, recorded in the holocene pollen record of Devonshire Marsh

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-66

  Rueger, Bruce F ^a,b   Von Wallmenich, Theodore N ^c  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GeoEngineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic influence; Bermuda; Devonshire Marsh; palynology; peat marshes

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS BERMUDIANA; POACEAE; SABAL; SABAL BERMUDANA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLORA; FOREST; HOLOCENE; PEAT MARSH; POLLEN; POLLEN RECORD;

BERMUDA, DEVONSHIRE MARSH;

EID: 0029660053     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00173271     Document Type: Article

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