Late Quaternary vegetational history of the Howard Pass area, northwestern Alaska

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 570-581

  Oswald, W Wyatt ^a   Brubaker, Linda B ^a   Anderson, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic Foothills; Brooks Range; Pollen analysis; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; PLANT VARIETY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TUNDRA; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ALASKA; HOWARD PASS; UNITED STATES;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ALNUS CRISPA; AMARANTHACEAE; BETULA NANA; BETULACEAE; BRYIDAE; BRYOPHYTA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CYPERACEAE; ENCALYPTA; ENCALYPTA RHAPTOCARPA; ERICACEAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SALIX; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA RUPESTRIS; SPHAGNUM; THALICTRUM;

EID: 0033500363     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b99-027     Document Type: Article

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