Fossil stomata reveal early pine presence in Scotland: Implications for postglacial colonization analyses

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 579-586

  Froyd, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical pollen percentage; Frequency; Migration; Pinus sylvestris; Postglacial spread; Rational limit; Scotland; Stomata

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; FOSSIL RECORD; POSTGLACIAL; STOMATA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 15244349377     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0546     Document Type: Article

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