A long-term record of Quercus decline, logging and fires in a southern Swedish Fagus-Picea forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 765-774

  Niklasson, Mats ^a   Lindbladh, Matts ^a   Björkman, Leif ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Fagus sylvatica; Hemiboreal zone; Old growth forest; Paleo ecology; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Pollen; Quercus robur; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ABIES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0036925170     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02106.x     Document Type: Article

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