Pollen-vegetation calibration for tundra communities in the Arctic Foothills, northern Alaska

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1022-1033

  Oswald, W Wyatt ^a,c   Brubaker, Linda B ^a   Hu, Feng Sheng ^b   Gavin, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Modern pollen; North Slope; Palaeoecology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EQUISETUM; ERICALES; POLYPODIACEAE; RUBUS; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SPHAGNUM; THALICTRUM;

EID: 0347252323     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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