Holocene palaeovegetation of the Northwestern Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria) as reconstructed from pollen analysis

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-61

  Tonkov, Spassimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Holocene; Northwestern Pirin Mountains; Palaeovegetation; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; POLLEN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BULGARIA; PIRIN MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ALNUS; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; JUNIPERUS; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PEUCE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; SALIX; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 0037390269     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00247-6     Document Type: Article

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