Unusual mid-Holocene abundance of Ulmus in western Ireland - Human impact in the absence of a pathogen?

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-452

  Lamb, Henry ^a   Thompson, Adrian ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elm decline; Ireland; Late Holocene; Pollen; Ulmus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

COUNTY CLARE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PLANTAGO; POACEAE; ULMUS;

EID: 18844372008     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl810rr     Document Type: Article

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