Holocene forest development in the central Scandes Mountains, Sweden

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-147

  Giesecke, Thomas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central Swedish mountains; Holocene forest dynamics; Picea abies; Pollen analyses; Thermophilous trees

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AVELLANA; MALVACEAE; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS ROBUR; TILIA CORDATA; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 21544484339     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0070-2     Document Type: Article

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