Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation history in the Insubrian Southern Alps - New indications from a small-scale site

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-98

  Hofstetter, Simone ^a   Tinner, Willy ^a   Valsecchi, Verushka ^a,b   Carraro, Gabriele ^c   Conedera, Marco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Environmental Consulting and Forestal Engeneering   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Castanea sativa; Pinus cembra; Small versus large basins; Southern Alps; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CASTANEA SATIVA; PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 33644658504     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0005-y     Document Type: Article

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