Did Native Americans influence the northward migration of plants during the Holocene?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-647

  MacDougall, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern North America; Historical ecology; Holocene; Long distance plant dispersal; Native Americans; Reid's Paradox

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FLORA; HOLOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037518048     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00842.x     Document Type: Review

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