Documenting forest stand invasion: Fossil stomata and pollen in forest hollows

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1529-1538

  Parshall, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest hollow; Holocene; Invasion; Paleoecology; Stomata; Surface sediments; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; CEDAR LEAF OIL; FOREST; FOSSIL; PINUS; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN; SEDIMENT; STOMA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; UNITED STATES;

FOREST DYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES BALSAMEA; PINUS; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033507312     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-10-1529     Document Type: Article

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