Pollen-based biome reconstructions for China at 0 and 6000 years

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1055-1069

  Yu, Ge ^a   Prentice, I Colin ^b   Harrison, Sandy P ^b   Sun, Xiangjun ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomization; China; Mid Holocene; Pollen; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

BIOME; HOLOCENE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032456947     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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