Palynological investigations on vegetation and climate change in the Late Quaternary of Lake Rukche area, Gorkha Himal, Central Nepal

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-90

  Schlütz, Frank ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate Change; Himalaya; Human Impact; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; BETULA UTILIS; CORIARIA; ENGELHARDIA; ERICACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; ILEX; JUNIPERUS; KOBRESIA; MYRSINE; PICEA; PINUS ROXBURGHII; POACEAE; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 3242712104     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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