Variations in tree cover in North America since the last glacial maximum

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Williams, John W ^a  

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

Author keywords

AVHRR; Biogeography; Land cover; Pollen; Quaternary; Remote sensing; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037211707     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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