Introduction to the environment and vegetation of the southern Blue Ridge Province

Castanea

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-216

  Dan Pittillo, J ^a   Hatcher Jr , Robert D ^b,c   Buol, Stanley W ^d  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

HYMENOPHYLLUM; RHODODENDRON VASEYI; SASSAFRAS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOPHORUM CESPITOSUM;

EID: 0345369279     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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