Mid-Holocene climate and the hemlock decline: The range limit of Tsuga canadensis in the western Great Lakes region, USA

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-224

  Calcote, Randy ^a  

^a 4 174 EE CSCI Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Eastern hemlock; Great Lakes region; Hemlock decline; Mid Holocene; Modern analogue method; Palynology; Range limit; Tsuga canadensis; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

CONIUM MACULATUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0037371216     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl608rp     Document Type: Article

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