Contributions of Quaternary palaeoecology to nature conservation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Birks, H J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna heathland; Ecosystem restoration; Mire; Naturalness; Oak wood; Palaeolimnology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HOLOCENE; NATURALNESS; PALAEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

IRELAND; SWEDEN; UK, ENGLAND; UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030405408     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236420     Document Type: Article

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