Mid-Holocene vegetation diversity in eastern Cumbria

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-54

  Skinner, C ^a   Brown, A G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Cumbria; Eden valley; Holocene; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032900756     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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