Fossil biotas from the Okanagan Highlands, southern British Columbia and northeastern Washington State: Climates and ecosystems across an Eocene landscape

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-185

  Greenwood, David R ^a   Archibald, S Bruce ^b   Mathewes, Rolf W ^c   Moss, Patrick T ^d  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

BIOCLIMATIC ANALYSIS; BIOTIC COMMUNITIES; LEAF MARGIN ANALYSIS (LMA); SEASONALITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; UPLAND REGION;

CLIMATES; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; FOSSILS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OKANAGAN VALLEY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ALNUS; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ENSETE; EUCOMMIA; FAGACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JUGLANDACEAE; METASEQUOIA; PINACEAE;

EID: 19344366593     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-100     Document Type: Article

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