Early-Holocene spruce, Picea abies (L.) Karst., in west central Sweden as revealed by pollen analysis

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 897-906

  Segerström, Ulf ^a   Von Stedingk, Henrik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Macrofossil; Norway spruce; Peat mire; Picea abies; Pollen analysis; Swedish Scandes; Tree migration; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SWEDEN;

ABIES; CONIFERALES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0142103662     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl672rp     Document Type: Article

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