The development of heathland in Orkney, Scotland: Pollen records from Loch of Knitchen (Rousay) and Loch of Torness (Hoy)

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-212

  Bunting, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

autogenic processes; heathland development; Orkney; palaeoecology; pollen analysis; prehistoric human activity; Scotland; vegetation history

Indexed keywords

BETULA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CORYLUS;

HEATHLAND; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UK, SCOTLAND, ORKNEY; UK, SCOTLAND, ORKNEY, ROUSAY;

EID: 0029661295     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600206     Document Type: Article

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