Holocene palaeoecology and climate history of South Georgia (sub-Antarctica) based on a macrofossil record of bryophytes and seeds

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 382-392

  Van Der Putten, Nathalie ^a   Stieperaere, Herman ^b   Verbruggen, Cyriel ^a   Ochyra, Ryszard ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Fruits; Holocene; Macrofossils; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Seeds; South Georgia; Sub Antarctica

Indexed keywords

BOG; BRYOPHYTE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEED; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DESCHAMPSIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYTRICHUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; ROSTKOVIA; SANIONIA; WARNSTORFIA;

EID: 2442607674     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl714rp     Document Type: Article

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