Quaternary Ice-Age dynamics in the Colombian Andes: Developing an understanding of our legacy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1442, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Hooghiemstra, Henry ^a   Van Der Hammen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Non analogue vegetation; Paramo; Plant migration; Pollen analysis; Quaternary speciation; Quercus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMISM; GLACIATION; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

COESPELETIA; ESPELETIA; ESPELETIOPSIS; PODOCARPUS; POLYLEPIS; QUERCUS; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS LASIOPHYLLUS; WEINMANNIA;

EID: 1242299046     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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