Archaeophytes in Britain

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-294

  Preston, Christopher D ^a   Pearman, David A ^b   Hall, Allan R ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Algiers   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien; Archaeology; Bronze Age; Fossil; Iron Age; Medieval; Native; Neolithic; Neophyte; Roman

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ROMAN;

EID: 3242786636     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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