Pinus cembra L. (arolla pine), a common tree in the inner French Alps since the early Holocene and above the present tree line: A synthesis based on charcoal data from soils and travertines

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1659-1669

  Ali, Adam A ^a   Carcaillet, Christopher ^a,c   Talon, Brigitte ^b   Roiron, Paul ^a,d   Terral, Jean Frédéric ^a,d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Center of Bio Archaeology and Ecology

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Charcoal; Fire; French Alps; Holocene; Pinus cembra; Soil; Travertine

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBOTANY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRAVERTINE; TREE; TREELINE;

ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE; ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MAURIENNE VALLEY; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE; UBAYE VALLEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 30844435999     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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