Late Quaternary dynamics of tundra and forest vegetation in the southern Niagara Escarpment, Canada

New Phytologist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 365-390

  Yu, Zicheng ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Late Quaternary; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoecology; Plant macrofossils; Pollen analysis; Principal component analysis; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA;

ALNUS; CYPERACEAE; JUNIPERUS; PICEA; SALIX; TSUGA;

EID: 0037311766     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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