High-altitude vegetational pattern on the Iberian Mountain Chain (north-central Spain) during the Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-57

  Sánchez Goñi, María Fernanda ^a,b   Hannon, Gina E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Holocene; Human impact; Iberian Mountain Chain; Iberian peninsula; Macrofossils; Pollen; Spain; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

IBERIAN MOUNTAINS; LAS PARDILLAS LAKE; SPAIN;

BETULA; BRYOPHYTA; CORYLUS; FAGUS; HEDERA; ILEX; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; TAXUS;

EID: 0345435174     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399671230625     Document Type: Article

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