Evidence for climatic deteriorations associated with the decline of Sphagnum imbricatum Hornsch. ex Russ. in six ombrotrophic mires from northern England and the Scottish Borders

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-437

  Mauquoy, Dmitri ^a,b   Barber, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEMRU   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Climate change; Macrofossils; Ombrotrophic mire; Peat stratigraphy; Sphagnum imbricatum

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; OMBROTROPHIC BOG; PALEOCLIMATE;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM IMBRICATUM;

EID: 0032774294     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399673322360     Document Type: Article

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