Late Quaternary changes in Amazonian ecosystems and their implications for global carbon cycling

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-25

  Mayle, Francis E ^a,c   Beerling, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Late Quaternary and Holocene; Methane; Palaeoecology; Vegetation climate model

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METHANE; QUATERNARY; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642390320     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00320-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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