Evidence of a Holocene and continuing recent expansion of lowland rain forest in humid, tropical North Queensland

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 737-745

  Hopkins, M S ^a   Head, J ^b   Ash, J E ^b   Hewett, R K ^a   Graham, A W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Charcoal; dynamics; Holocene; rain forest; sea level

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; RAINFOREST; SCLEROPHYLL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, DAINTREE;

EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0030302212     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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