The holocene vegetation history of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1144-1166

  Flakne, Robyn ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Glen Redevelopment Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS; SUBSTRATES;

MICROCLIMATE;

VEGETATION;

HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SPORE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; LILIUM; PICEA;

EID: 0042572413     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-063     Document Type: Article

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