The late Quaternary vegetation history of the south-central highlands of Victoria, Australia. II. Sites below 900 m

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-54

  McKenzie, G Merna ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal zonation; Nothofagus; Palaeoclimate; Palynology; Quaternary vegetation; Rainforest; Southeastern Australia; Sphagnum bogs; Subalpine

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUATERNARY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII; SPHAGNUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 2542452477     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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