Norway spruce present in the Scandes Mountains, Sweden at 8000 BP: New light on Holocene tree spread

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 94-101

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Holocene; Immigration; Palaeoclimate; Picea abies; Subfossil wood; Tree limit

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; NORWAY SPRUCE; SEASONALITY; SNOW; SUBFOSSIL WOOD; TREE LINE;

SWEDEN, SCANDES;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0029768409     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997447     Document Type: Article

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