A late Quaternary record of environmental change and human impact from New Caledonia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 97-123

  Stevenson, J ^a   Dodson, J R ^b   Prosser, I P ^c  

^a Res Sch Pac Asian Studs A   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Human impact; Late Quaternary; New Caledonia; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

NEW CALEDONIA;

MELALEUCA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0035309357     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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