Vegetation change in the coastal-lowland rainforest at Avai'o'vuna Swamp, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga

Quaternary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 451-459

  Fall, Patricia L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lowland rainforest; Human impacts; Mid Holocene sea level; Plant dispersal; Pollen; Polynesia; Tonga; Tropical hardwood forest; Vava'u; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA; WORLD;

ALPHITONIA; BARRINGTONIA; BARRINGTONIA ASIATICA; CALOPHYLLUM; COCOS NUCIFERA; COLUMBA; ELAEOCARPACEAE; ELAEOCARPUS; EXCOECARIA; GUETTARDA; HEDERA; HEDYCARYA; MACARANGA; PANDANUS; PAPILIONOIDEAE; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RHUS; TERMINALIA;

EID: 27944469973     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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