Holocene tree immigration and the chironomid fauna of a small swiss subalpine lake (Hinterburgsee, 1515 m asl)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-53

  Heiri, Oliver ^a   Wick, Lucia ^b   Van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^b   Van der Knaap, Willem O ^b   Lotter, André F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catchment lake interactions; Chironomids; Holocene; Palaeolimnology; Subalpine lake; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SWITZERLAND;

ABIES ALBA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CHIRONOMIDAE; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS CEMBROIDES; TANYTARSUS; TANYTARSUS LUGENS;

EID: 0037223342     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00592-8     Document Type: Article

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