Colombian vegetation at the Last Glacial Maximum: A comparison of model- and pollen-based biome reconstructions

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 721-732

  Marchant, Robert ^a   Boom, Arnoud ^b   Behling, Hermann ^c   Hooghiemstra, Henry ^d   Melief, Bert ^e   van Geel, Bas ^d   van der Hammen, Thomas ^d,f   Wille, Michael ^g  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Fundacion Tropenbos Colombia ^*  (Netherlands)

^f Fundacion Tropenbos Colombia   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biome; Colombia; Environmental change; LGM; Pollen; Vegetation modelling

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12444295534     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.878     Document Type: Review

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