Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation belts in the Pirin Mountains (southwestern Bulgaria)

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Stefanova, Ivanka ^a,c   Ammann, Brigitta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b Institute of Plant Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal vegetation belts; Bulgaria; Climatic change; Holocene; Late Quaternary; Pirin Mountains; Vegetation history; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BULGARIA;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PEUCE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 0037244884     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl597rp     Document Type: Article

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