Palaeoecology of postglacial treeline shifts in the northern Cascade Mountains, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 123-138

  Pellatt, Marlow G ^a   Smith, Michael J ^a   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a   Walker, Ian R ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cascade Mountains; Chironomids; Palaeoclimate; Pollen analysis; Treeline; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; INSECT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TREELINE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031688537     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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