Mid- and late Holocene tree population density changes in northern Fennoscandia derived by a new method using megafossil pines and their tree-ring series

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 567-575

  Helama, Samuli ^a   Lindholm, M ^b   Timonen, M ^c   Eronen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Holocene; Megafossil; Palaeoclimatology; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA; WORLD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 25444514007     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.929     Document Type: Article

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