Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics and hydroseral development in a Thuja occidentalis swamp in southern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1439-1456

  Bunting, M Jane ^a,b   Warner, Barry G ^a   Aravena, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAVER ACTIVITY; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; HYDROSERAL DEVELOPMENT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLANDS;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030391068     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-108     Document Type: Article

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