A 2860-year high-resolution pollen and charcoal record from the Cordillera de Talamanca in Panama: A history of human and volcanic forest disturbance

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 387-393

  Behling, Hermann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cordillera de Talamanca; Late Holocene; Montane rain forest; Palaeofire; Palaeovegetation; Panama; Pollen analysis; Pre Columbian settlement; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PANAMA;

EID: 0034097652     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300668797683     Document Type: Article

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