Long-term sensitivity of a High Arctic wetland to Holocene climate change

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 441-454

  Ellis, Christopher J ^a,b   Rochefort, Line ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Holocene; Macrofossils; Mosses; Palaeohydrology; Peat formation; Tundra polygons; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PERMAFROST; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33645067121     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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