Holocene vegetational and limnological changes in the Fennoscandian tree-line area as documented by pollen and diatom records from Lake Tsuolbmajavri, Finland

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 621-635

  Seppä, Heikki ^a,c   Weckström, Jan ^b  

^a Laboratory of Physical Geography   (Finland)

^b Dept of Ecology and Systematics   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatom; Lake; Paleolimnology; Peatlands; Pollen; Sphagnum; Tree line

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; TREELINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

FINLAND; LAKE TSUOLBMAJAVRI;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0033506877     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682562     Document Type: Article

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