Past changes in the Scots pine forest line and climate in Finnish Lapland: A study based on megafossils, lake sediments, and GIS-based vegetation and climate data

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-391

  Kultti, Seija ^a   Mikkola, Kari ^b   Virtanen, Tarmo ^a,b   Timonen, Mauri ^b   Eronen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finnish Lapland; GIS; Holocene; Megafossils; Palaeoclimate; Pine; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; GIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; POLLEN; STOMATA; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33646344482     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl934rp     Document Type: Article

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