Mid-Holocene presence of water chestnut (Trapa natans L.) in the meres of Holderness, East Yorkshire, UK

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-697

  Schofield, J E ^a   Bunting, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holderness; Holocene; Human activity; Hydroseral succession; Pollen; Trapa natans; Water chestnut

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD; YORKSHIRE;

TRAPA; TRAPA NATANS;

EID: 22544444261     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl844rp     Document Type: Article

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