The phytogeographical regions of Slovenia: A consequence of natural environmental variation or prehistoric human activity?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 807-821

  Andrič, Maja ^b,c   Willis, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Charcoal; Climate; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SLOVENIA;

CORYLUS; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 0141873059     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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