The Holocene vegetation history of Lake Erhai, Yunnan province southwestern China: The role of climate and human forcings

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-276

  Shen, Ji ^a   Jones, Richard T ^b   Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Dearing, John A ^c   Wang, Sumin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change influence; Holocene; Human; Lake Erhai; Pollen; Vegetation history; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; ERHAI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

BETULA; CASTANOPSIS; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; LITHOCARPUS; POACEAE; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 33645392505     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl923rp     Document Type: Article

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