Late Glacial and early Holocene vegetation succession, altitudinal vegetation zonation, and climatic change in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 239-285

  Van Der Knaap, W O ^a,b   Van Leeuwen, J F N ^a,b  

^a Lab of Palaeobotany and Palynology   (Netherlands)

^b Geobotanical Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Early Holocene; Late Glacial; Mountains; Palynology; Portugal; Vegetation zonation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION SUCCESSION; VEGETATION ZONATION;

PORTUGAL; SERRA DA ESTRELA;

APIACEAE; BUPLEURUM; FAGACEAE; MEUM; PLANTAGINCEAE; PLANTAGO; QUERCUS;

EID: 0031466969     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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