Fifty-thousand-year vegetation and climate history of Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivian Amazon

Quaternary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-230

  Burbridge, Rachel E ^a   Mayle, Francis E ^a   Killeen, Timothy J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Noel Kempff Natural History Museum   (Bolivia)

^c Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bolivia; Dry forest; Holocene; Last glaciation; Pollen; Quaternary; Rain forest; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MORACEAE;

EID: 1642374176     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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