Late-Quaternary history of the alpine flora of the New Hampshire White Mountains

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-157

  Miller, Norton G ^a   Spear, Ray W ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; HOLOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; QUATERNARY; VASCULAR PLANT;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYLOCOMIASTRUM UMBRATUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032696057     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/004854ar     Document Type: Article

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