Dissimilarity analyses of late-quaternary vegetation and climate in eastern North America

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3346-3362

  Williams, J W ^a   Shuman, B N ^a   Webb III, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomes; Climate; Dissimilarity analysis; Eastern North America; Equilibrium vs. disequilibrium hypotheses; No analogue plant associations; Paleoclimatology; Paleoecology; Pollen; Quaternary; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

AMBROSIA; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLUS AMERICANA; FRAXINUS; LARIX; PICEA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALIX; SALVIA;

EID: 0035659513     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3346:DAOLQV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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