Effects of Holocene climate change on the C4 grassland/woodland boundary in the Northern Plains, USA

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 620-636

  Clark, James S ^a   Grimm, Eric C ^b   Lynch, Jason ^a   Mueller, Pietra G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C4; Carbon isotopes; Charcoal analysis; Climate change; Fire; Holocene climate change and vegetation effects; Northern Great Plains (USA); Paleoecological data; Pollen analysis; Prairie; Woodland; 13C determination methodology

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

NORTHERN PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 0035101979     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2680184     Document Type: Article

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