Pollen evidence of late Holocene treeline fluctuation from the southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-92

  Evans, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

HOLOCENE CLIMATE; TREELINE FLUCTUATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SOUTHERN COAST MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031407265     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/004816ar     Document Type: Article

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