Late quaternary paleoecology of Thuja and Juniperus (Cupressaceae) at Crawford Lake, Ontario, Canada: Pollen, stomata and macrofossils

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 241-254

  Yu, Zicheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fossil pollen; Juniperus; Late quaternary; Paleoecology; Plant macrofossils; Stomata; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS; THUJA;

CUPRESSACEAE; JUNIPERUS; PALAEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; STOMATA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

CANADA, ONTARIO, CRAWFORD LAKE;

EID: 0030974310     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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