Late holocene vegetation change in the Sierra Madre oriental of central Mexico

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-129

  Conserva, Maria Elena ^a   Byrne, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hidalgo; Late Holocene; Mesoamerica; Paleoecology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MEXICO; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL;

CARPINUS; LIQUIDAMBAR; OSTRYA; QUERCUS; ULMUS;

EID: 0036767588     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2348     Document Type: Article

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