Holocene vegetation dynamics of Anticosti Island, Québec, and consequences of remoteness on ecological succession

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 112-127

  Lavoie, Martin ^a   Filion, Louise ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; QUEBEC;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ALNUS CRISPA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULACEAE; GASPE; HEXAPODA; PICEA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0035413210     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2239     Document Type: Article

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