Late-glacial and Holocene vegetation history and dynamics as shown by pollen and plant macrofossil analyses in annually laminated sediments from Soppensee, central Switzerland

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-184

  Lotter, André F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Laminated sediments; Macroremains; Palynology; Plant diversity; Switzerland; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABIES; FAGUS; JUNIPERUS;

EID: 0033415996     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02342718     Document Type: Article

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