Boreal ecosystem development in the Northwestern Alaska range since 11,000 yr B.P.

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-201

  Hu, Feng Sheng ^a,b   Brubaker, Linda B ^a   Anderson, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; MOLLUSCA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; SALIX;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRCH FOREST; BOREAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

USA, ALASKA, ALASKA RANGE;

EID: 0030470902     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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