Estimating past floristic diversity in montane regions from macrofossil assemblages

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-73

  Allen, Judy R M ^a   Huntley, Brian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Holocene; Macrofossils; Montane; Norway; Scotland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CAIRNGORMS; GRODALEN; NORWAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032948164     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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